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THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR 

75 the ruler of men to a great extent, and 
how to get and keep the " root of all evil " is 
the one study and aim in the life of the gen- 
erality of mankind. While those who expect 
that this look will supply them with a ready- 
made fortune will le doomed to disappointment, 
the man or woman who gives these pages a 
thorough, thoughtful perusal, and faithfully fol- 
lows their advice -and instructions, cannot fail 
of ultimate success. . 






THIS HOOK IS FOR THE EYE OF THE rUHCHASKH OM.Y 
AND SHOULD NOT HE LOANED. 



TH E 

SILENT ASSISTANT^ 

Revised and Enlarged. 

A Key to a Profitable Occupation 

FOR ANY PERSON. 



Containing Rare and Valuable Trade and Mechanical Secrets, Mom y making 

Inventions, Old and New Discoveries, Curious and Scientific Expt-n- 

ments, and Practical Recipes, witii full instructions for 

Manufacturing and Preparing for Sale some of 

The Most Popular and Best Selling Household Articles ok the Day. 



A VERITABLE ASSISTANT, 



• A useful book may live from age t<J npc, .,. — "Zj^OF COA/*^ 

And tliose unborn may read its printed pagfe.'b^' _,^ '^''?^«"> 

/ ■ PYRIGHr ^"^vTi 

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RUTLAND, V EM MONT: .. ~,r^0'^ ' 

TME WORLD iSUPJPLY X^O^, 

Publishers. 
First Copyriohtkd, 1883. 



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Copyright 1888 by 
H. C. ROWELL & CO., Rutland, Vr. 



TO Y^ 



The Laborers of the World 



Of Both Sexes and of All Classes 



■WHO ARE EAUNKSTLY SEEKING 



A BETTERMENT OF THEIR CONDITION, 

THIS LITTLE VOLUME, 

A. Complete Q-uicie to 

Honorable Self - Employment, 

REQUIRING NO CAPITAL, 

But ENERGY AND COMMON SENSE To Acquire 

WEALTH AND PROSPERITY, 

Is Respectfully Dedicated by 

THE PUBLISHERS. 



INDEX. 

Ayers' Cherry Pectoral 16 

Artificial Honey 17 

Anglers' Secret. No. 1 and Xo. 2 23 

Artificial Oysters 25 

Artificial Iiidia Rubber 38 

Artificial Marble 37 

Business Law 38, 39 

liuchner's Carniine Ink 28 

Blue Writing Fluid 27 

Brilliant Self-Shining Stove I'olisli 10 

Bright Red Ink 15 

Bottle Wax ... 15 

Brown Ink .15 

Bluing 15 

Black Copying Ink 16 

Brown's Bronchial Troches . 16 

Hoot and Shoe Blacking 23 

Hay Rum 23 

lil.-ick Ink 27 

I'.rilliant Red Ink 28 

branding Ink 32 

Balm of a Thousand Floweis 32 

Barbers' Shampooing Mixture 32 

Bristol's Tooth Powder 23 

llaking I'owder 30 

r.hick Sealing Wax 20 

Itoring Holes in Glass 28 

Coffee for Packages 15 

Common Ink 16 

( 'ourt Plaster 18 

< 'leaning Compound 19 

Cough Syrup 19 

Cenient for Leather 20 

Champagne Cider 20 

Cider without Apples . .• 20 

Cologne 21 

Coin Value List 43 

(Chemical ('omi)ound 21 

<'ondition Powders 22 

<'oinmercial Writing'Ink 23 

(uilolina 24 

r<3mmon Twist Candy 26 

Copying Pad 31 

Caveats 35 

Copyrights 35 

<^'ure for Chilblains . . . . ■ 33 

<'ure for Sore Hacks on Horses 20 

Divorce (Laws of) 40, 41 

Daily Savings at Compound Interest 39 

Distilling Whiskey ' . 22 

Designs 35 

Dedication 2 

Dr. Savery's Diphtheria Preventative 17 

Dr. Kittridge's Remedy for Rheumatism 28 

Egyptian Cement 24 

Etching on (ilass 29 

Everlasting Fence Posts] 31 

English Gin 21 

Essences 26 

Felon Ointment 27 

Fay's Compound Bar Soap 42 

Furniture I'olish 19 

Fire Kindlers 19 



French Lustr:il •-■(> 

French Fiuiiiiure I'olish '12 

Florida Water 23^ 

Fitr Candy '2.6 

Fran};;ij)anni 32 

French I'olish for I.i athor 34 

Fasteninfi l*ai)er to Tin 19 

French Krandy 20 

Fine I'epiierinmt Lozenf>-es 2(> 

Gas Fitters' Cement 23 

Greetinj;- 6 

Gold Ink .18 

Green Mountain Salve 22 

Green Ink 27 

Gold Plating 37 

Gelatine Mould 37 

Grains of Gold 44 

Good Samaritan Liniment 3:} 

How to Keep Cider Svve> t 33 

How to Make One Hundred INnuids Soap Yery Cheap .... -.'6 

How to Reinove Rust from Saws 25 

Housekeepers' Friend U 

Honicultuial Ink 13 

Hunteis' and Trappers' Secret 19 

Hdir Restorative and Invigorator 24 

Hanily Water Pens 25 

How to Fasten Rubber to Wood and Jletal 29 

How to Test the Richness of Milk . . 31 

How to Protect your Inventions 34 

How a Copyright is Secured .35 

How to Cluily Liquids 38 

How to Pievent Windows from Steaniiiij^ .38 

How to Make Ink Pads .16 

How to Make Wax Flowers .17 

How to Take Fac-Similes of Signatures 21 

How to Remove Grease or Stains f I oni Clothinj:; 25 

How to Commence and Carry on Business i 8 

Improved Troy Starch Enamel 9 

Invisihlo Ink 15 

Indclililc Ink for Glass or Metal ,15 

Ink for Marking Packages 18 

Irish Wliiskey 29 

Indelible Marking Ink 22 

Ink Powder . . 22 

Iui|)eri:d Onguent for Forcing ^Moustaches and Whiskers ... 24 

In(lelil)le Ink for Marking Linen 28 

Indcst uctible Lamp Wicks 37 

Imitation of Ground Glass 37 

Jockey Club 32 

Kiss Me Ciuick .31 

Liqtiid Glue 39 

Lightning Ink Eraser 12 

Luminous Iidv J5 

Liquid Mucilage 15 

Leather Cement 19 

Lung IMedicinc 29 

Ladies' Own 32 

Lightning Interest Rule 14 

Legal 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 

Mason's Frozen Perfume 12 

Magic Annihilator 13 

Madeira Wine 18 

Magnetic Toothache Drops 21 

Moth and Freckle Lotion 23 

Mucilage for Labels 2& 



INDEX. 



Molasses Candy 

Mending Tinware 

Moulds of Glue . 

Magic Cure for Burns 

Marriage (Laws of) . 

Neutralizing Whiskey . 

New Invisible Ink , 

Oil of Roses 

Oleomargarine Manufacture 

Partnersliip 

Poriable hemonade . 

Plumbers' Cement . 

Port Wine .... 

Paradise Liniment . 

Paste that Will Not Sour 

Plain Court Plaster . 

Peerless Liniment . 

Premium Method for Keeping Hams 

Rubber Stamp Ink . 

Root Ijeer .... 

Red Ink .... 

Russia Salve 

Red Servling Wax 

Royal Washing Powder . 

Raisin Candy (See Fig Candy; 

Rubber Hand Stamps 

Rubber Stamps for Photogra] 

Removing Rust from Saws 

Soldering Fluid 

Swiss Chimney Powder . 

Sure Corn Cure 

f^waim's Vermifue . 

Sheiry Wine 

Silver Ink .... 

Shaving Soap 

St. Croix Rum . 

Star Hair Oil . . 

Sticky Fly Paper 

Silver Pl.ating Fluid 

Secret Writing Ink . 

Silvering Powder 

St. James's Liniment 

Soap without Lye or Grease 

Tinctures .... 

Ticketing Ink 

Travellers' Ink . 

To Mark Sheep without Inju 

To Transfer Printed Matter 

To Mend Tinware 

To Whiten and Soften the Hancb 

To Cure Warts and Corns 

Tin Cans. Sizes of Sheets, et. 

Trade Marks, Labels, etc. 

Taking Leaf Photographs 

The Silent Assistant 

Upper Ten .... 

Unshrinkable Patterns . 

Valuable Trade Secrets . 

Violet Copying Ink . 

Washing Fluid 

Waterproof Leather Preservativi 

Wonder Hair Grower 

What to Invent . 

What a Patent Is 

Who Can Obtain Letters Patent 



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In placing this boot: in the hands of our friends and ihG 
public generally, we take much pleasure in stating that it 
is designed more especially for the benefit of the working 
classes. We do not believe it was intended that people 
should drudge in perpetual slavery in order to keep the 
breath of life in their bodies, nor that they should toil 
from morning till night and live in the most economical 
manner possible for the privilege of staying upon the 
earth. The desire to make money being universal, th^ 
question which follows is how to make it in the shortest 
time and in the easiest manner. The surest and easiest 
road to fortune lies in trade. Not one man in ten thou- 
sand ever acquired wealth in any other way ; and the fact' 
that many of the richest men the world ever saw, started 
peddling on less than ten dollars capital, goes to show 
that large amounts of money are not required in order to 
start you well along on the road to fortune. But to suc- 
ceed in life three prime requisites are absolutely neces- 
sary — energy, enterprise, perseverance. 

ist. Be energetic. Have a willing cheerfulness to 
"work. Remember that no drones are v/anted in the 
world's busy hive of industry, and that the hero of ever- 
folded hands wins nothing in this world but the contempt 
of his fellow-men. 

2d. Be enterprising. Don't always wait for some- 
thing to turn up. Don't hide your light under a bushel. 
Don't always allow some one else to do your thinking and 
acting for you, but strike out for yourself and lay broad 
and firm the foundation of future prosperity. 



GREETING, 7 

3d. Be persevering. Thousands of worthy enterprises, 
large and small, have been started in this world and have 
fallen through solely from a lack of persistency. What- 
ever business you undertake, stick to it through "thick 
and thin," and success cannot be doubtful. In the man- 
ufacture and sale of any of the articles mentioned in this 
book, any man or woman can make money. The major- 
ity of the recipes are new, while many of them have never 
before appeared in print. Manufactured and neatly put 
up, the goods will afford large profits in almost any 
locality. Ascertain what goods will sell best in your 
vicinity, and then carefully prepare them, putting them 
up as neatly and tastefully as possible. With ordinary 
energy, enterprise, and perseverance, there is no reason 
why you cannot make an income of five to twenty dollars 
per day by consulting this little book, and adopting the 
suggestions herein given. Believing it will prove a ver- 
itable assistant to those who already have satisfactory 
occupations, and a friend in need to such as are not pro- 
vided with suitable and honorable business pursuits, — con- 
densing as it does an amount of information which, could 
it be collected in other forms, would cost many times the 
price of this volume, — we submit the contents to those to 
whom the book is dedicated, as a constant and invaluable 
source of reference in their daily and hourly needs. 

Yours very truly, 



8 I'HK SII.KNI ASSISIANT. 

INSTRUCTIONS. 

How to Commence and Carry on a Manufacturing Business. 

Send for our $io outfit of supplies, if you can, and start at once ; get 
all the agents you can to work for you, and sell to families and stores; 
and, if you have the means at your command, leave thern on commis- 
sion and advertise them in every way that you can. Talk about your 
goods whenever you have an opportunity, and by so doing you will 
get others incjuiring about them, and you will soon have a business 
started, with an income from it that will surprise you. 

If you do not wish to leave home, sell all you can in your own town, 
and then advertise in your local newspaper, telling them what you 
have for sale. 

After you have got a little start, advertise more largely, and you 
will find your profits steadily increasing; and by continued exertion 
and constant effort you will establish yourself in a permanent and 
profitable business. You can give any article you manufacture any 
name you desire. 

We cannot impress too strongly on your mind the policy of employ- 
ing agents. Your profits on a good agent will be from ^i to $5 per 
day. Don't you think you can get at least five in your county? We 
think you can, if you try. 

It will be a good plan for you to put up a written or printed notice 
in your Post Ofiice and one or two other prominent places, asking for 
agents to sell your goods, and after you get started advertise in the 
newspapers. In shipping by mail or express, goods, should be securely 
packed and plainly marked. 

In making the different articles, always strictly follow the direc- 
tions. In advertising, use mediums of good and reliable circulation. 
In selling, have one price and do not deviate. Above all, do all your 
transactions honorably, and work energetically, and success is yours. 

Trusting that we shall receive your order for an outfit at once, and 
that our acquaintance made thus far may continue, and grow into one 
of everlasting friendship, we remain, 

Yours very truly, 

THE WORLD SUPPLY CO., Rutland, Vt. 



TO OTJH, FPlIElSriDS. 

Those -who wish for manufacturing supplies or anything advertised 
in this book are cautioned that they must address their letters to 

THE WORLD SUPPLY CO., RUTLAND, VT. 

and to no one else, as we ap])oint no as^eitls whatever, except for sell- 
ing the " Silent Assistant." 

2®=- See $10 Outfit of Supplies, last Page of Cover. 



The Silent Assistant, 

CONTAININti 

Kare and Valuable Secrets, Money-making Inven- 
tions, Old and New Discoveries, Scientific 
Experiments, and Practical 
Recipes^ 

WITH FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MANUFACTURING ANIJ PREPARING 
FOR SALE SOME OF 

THE MOST VALUABLE AND BEST SELLING 
ARTICLES OF THE DAY. 



VALUABLE TRADE SECRETS. 

We desire to call your attention to the first seven 
recipes given in this book. We consider this information 
worth ONE thousand dollars to any smart, active man 
or woman. We mean just what we say. Bear in 7nind 
these articles are not new inventions or nonsensical 
novelties, but staple and salable goods. Over 5,000 
stores are selling these goods in New York City, and it 
will be clearly perceived that in calculating the demand 
for any populous village or town, the manufacture of 
these articles as a business must prove very profitable to 
any person who may devote attention to the subject. 

Improved Troy StarcJi JE^uunel, 

Melt 5 lbs. of refined ]:)araffine wax in a tin boiler or 
pan over a slow fire; use care in melting. When melted, 
remove the vessel from the fire and add :!oo drops of 



lO THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 

oil of ciironelli. Take some new round tin pie pans and 
oil them with sweet oil as you would for pie baking, but 
do not use lard. Put these pans on a level table, and 
pour in enough of the hot wax to make a depth in each 
pan equal to about the thickness of one-eighth of an 
inch. While hot, glance over the pans to see that they 
are level. As this is very essential, please remember it. 
If the pans are not level, the cakes will be all thicknesses, 
which should not be so. Let them cool, but not too 
fast. Watch them closely, and have a tin stamp ready 
to stamp the cakes out about the size of an ordinary 
candy lozenge. This stamp should be about eight inches 
long, larger at the top than at the bottom, so that the 
cakes can pass up through the stamp as you are cutting 
them out of the pans. Lay the cakes in another pan to 
cool. Before they become very hard, separate them from 
(jach other ; if not, it will be difficult to do so when they 
become very hard. Do not neglect this. Have boxes 
made at any paper box maker's in any large city. They 
cost about from one to two cents each; sliding boxes are 
the best. Have your labels printed, and commence 
business at once. Put 24 to 30 cakes in each box, and 
retail for 25 cents. Wholesale for $1.50 per dozen. 

Directions for Use. — To a pint of boiling starch 
stir in one cake or tablet. This gives an excellent lustre 
to linen or muslin, and imparts a splendid perfume to 
the clothes, and makes the iron pass very smoothly over 
the surface. It requires but half the ordinary labor to 
do an ironing. It is admired by every lady. It prevents 
the iron from adhering to the surface, and the clothes 
remain clean and neat much longer than by any other 
method. 

lirilliant Self - Shining Stove l^olisfi. 

This is one of the greatest inventions of the age. It 
has been the result of a large amount of study on the 
part of the inventor to perfect a polish that would work 
easily and satisfactorily in a perfectly dry state, thereby 
obviating the disagreeable task of mixing and preparing. 

YOU DO NOT REQUIRE A LICENSE IN ANY STATE 



THE SILENT ASSISTANT. I r 

A good Stove polish is an absolute necessity in every 
family. It is only a question, then, of offering the best 
to make a sale. To prove that this polish is the best, is 
an easy task. All you have to do is to have a box open 
and a piece of rag to begin operations. You now 
approach the stove, and apply the polish. The result will 
be so startlingly beautiful that no further words will be 
necessary. If the stove is not convenient, anything will 
do to experiment with. You can produce on a piece of 
wood, a scrap of paper or a potato, a lustre equal to a 
burnished mirror. 

Now make the following points just as strong as you 
can: i. That this polish requires no water or mixing 
like the various cake or powder polishes. 2. That it is 
self-shining, and no labor is required. 3. That no dust or 
smell of any kind rises from its use. And lastly, that it 
has no equal in the world. 

RECIPE. — Take plumbago (black lead) finely pulver- 
ized, and put in 2 oz, wood boxes nicely labelled, and sell 
for 10 or 15 cents a box. Wholesale to stores and agents 
at $6.00 a hundred. Costs less than 3 cents per box to 
manufacture. 

Directions for Use. — Use a damp woolen rag, dip 
in the box, and apply to the stove. Then polish with a 
dry cloth, and a most beautiful polish will appear. 

The Housekeeper's Friend, 

Or ELECTRIC POAVDER. 

This is one of the most saleable articles of the day, and 
staple as flour — something that every housekeeper will 
buy. It is used for gold and silver plated ware, German 
silver, brass, copper, glass, tin, steel, or any material 
where a brilliant lustre is required. Is put up in 2 oz. 
wood boxes, costs 3 cents to manufacture, sells at retail 
for 25 cents, to agents and stores for $12.00 per 100 
boxes. 

RECIPE.— To 4 lbs. best quality whiting add i4 lb. 
cream tartar and 3 ozs. calcined magnesia, mix thoroughly 
together, box and label. 

TO SELL ANY OF THESE GOODS. 



12 THE SILKXT ASSISTANT. 

Directions. — Use the polish dry with a piece of 
chamois skin or canton flannel previously moistened with 
water or alcohol, and finish with the polish dry. A few 
moments rubbing will develope a surprising lustre, differ- 
ent from the polish produced by any other substance. 

Mason's Frozen Perfume. 

This perfume is in a solid, transparent form, and by 
rubbing on a handkerchief it imparts an exquisite per- 
fume ; by carrying it in the pocket it perfumes the entire 
wearing apparel ; by keeping in a drawer or box all 
articles therein obtain the benefits of this perfume. 

Solidified perfumes are superior to all liquid, as they 
cannot spill or waste in any manner, but will last for 
\ears. 

Perhaps no article of luxury has had such a sale as 
this, and as the sales have steadily increased since its 
introduction, no other proof of its excellence is needed. 

RECIPE. — Follow the same direction as in "Starch 
Enamel," and perfume as follows: Take 2 ozs. oil lemon 
grass and 3-^ oz. oil cloves, and ^ oz. oil lavender 
flowers ; mix them well together. For this amount of 
perfume you require about 4 quarts of the liquid parafiine. 
Pour the oils into the melted parafiine while warm, stirring 
it well while pouring. Stamp into square cakes 'and put 
into neatly printed envelopes. Sell for ten cents a cake, 
cost 2 cents. Agents can sell 100 cakes a day. 

TJie Lightning Ink Eraser, 

The great Lightning Ink Eraser may be used instead 
of a knife or .scraper for erasing in order to rectify a 
mistake or clean off a blot, without injury to the paper, 
leaving the paper as clean and good to write upon as it 
was before the blot or mistake was made, and without 
injury to the printer's ink upon any printed form or ruling 
upon any first-class paper. Take of chloride of lime 
1 lb., thoroughly pulverized, and 4 quarts soft water. 
The above must be thoroughly shaken when first put 
together. It is required to stand twenty-four hours to 

ORDER ALL GOODS ADVERTISED IN THIS BOOK 



THE SILENT ASSISTANT. IJ 

dissolve the chloride of lime. Then strain through a 
cotton cloth, after which add a teaspoonful of ascetic acid 
(No. 8, commercial) to every ounce of chloride of lime 
water. The eraser is used by reversing the penholder in 
the hand, dipping the end in the fluid, and applying it, 
without rubbing, to the blot to be erased. When ithe ink 
has disappeared, absorb the fluid into a blotter, and the 
paper is immediately ready to write upon. Put up in 
common ink bottles and retail for 25 cents each. 

Su7'e Corn Cure, 

One-half oz. tincture of iodine, ^ oz. chloride of 
antimony, 12 grains iodide of iron; mix; pare the com 
with a sharp knife; apply the lotion with a small pencil 
brush. Put up in one ounce bottles. Sells for 25 to 40 
cents. This sells to everybody. (See price of labels). 

N. B. — The law imposing stamp duty on medicines, 
compounds, perfumes, cosmetics, etc., has been repealed. 

TJie Magic Annihilator. 

To make one gross 8 oz. bottles — aqua-ammonia i 
gallon, soft water 8 gallons, best white soap four lbs., 
saltpetre 8 ounces. Shave the soap fine, add the water, 
boil until the soap is dissolved, let it get cold, then add 
the saltpetre, stirring until dissolved. Now strain, let 
the suds settle, skim off the dry suds, add the ammonia, 
bottle and gork at once. Costs about $7.25 per gross; 
sells for ^72.00. It will do everything claimed for it and 
more too. It is no mixture of soap suds as some may 
suppose, but a pure, scientific, chemical preparation. If 
you wish to make a small quantity for trial take aqua- 
ammonia 2 ozs., soft water i quart, saltpetre one teaspoon- 
ful. Shave the soap fine, mix all, shake well, and let 
settle a day or two to dissolve the soap. 
^ What If Will Do. — It will remove all kinds of grease 
and oil spots from every variety of wearing apparel, 
such as coats, pants, vests, dress goods, carpets, etc., 
without injury to the finest silks or laces. It will 
shampoo like a charm, raising the lather in proportion 

FROM THE WORLD SUPPLY CO., RUTLAND, VT. 



14 



THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 



to the amount of dandruff and grease in the hair. A 
cloth wet with it will remove all grease from door knobs, 
window sills, etc., handled' by kitchen domestics in their 
daily routine of kitchen work. It will remove paint from 
a board, I care not how hard or dry it is, if oil is used in 
the paint, yet it will not injure the finest textures. Its 
chemical action is such that it turns any grease or oil into 
soap, which is easily washed out with clear cold water. 
For cleaning silver, brass and copper ware it can't be 
beat. It is certain death to bed bugs, for they will never 
,stop after they have encountered the Magic Annihilator. 

Directions for Use. — For grease spots, pour upon 
ihe article to be cleaned a sufhcient quantity of the 
Magic Annihilator, rubbing well with a clean sponge, and 
applying to both sides of the article you are cleaning. 
Upon carpets and coarse goods, where the grease is hard 
and dry, use a stiff brush and wash out with clear cold 
water. Apply again ff necessary. One application is 
all that is needed for any fresh grease spots, but for old 
or dried a second may be required. For shampooing, 
take a small quantity of the Magic Annihilator with an 
<iqual quantity of water, apply to the hair with a stiff 
brush, brushing into the pores of the scalp, and wash out 
with clear water. You will be surprised at the silk gloss 
of your hair. For cleaning silverware, etc., buy* five 
cents' worth of whitening, mix a small quantity with the 
Magic Annihilator and apply with a rag, rubbing briskly. 
For killing bed bugs, apply to the places they frequent, 
and they will leave in short order. You will find it useful 
in many other ways. (See price list of labels). 



MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. 

A New Art, or the Lightning Interest Rule. — Re- 
duce the whole time to months and set it down in figures; divide the 
number of days by three, and set the quotient down to the right of the 
months, and multiply that by the quotient of the money divided by 
the two; the answer will be the interest at six per cent. To change to 
any other rale, multiply the interest by it and divide by six. J1160 — 
one year, seven months, 21 days, at 6 per cent. — $160 — 2 — $80 x 197 
— $15.76 at 6. 

Parties in New York are teaching this rule at $5 a scholar. 

ENERGY AND PERSEVERANCE ARE 



THE SILENT ASSISTANT. I 5 

Beautiful Bright Red Ink. — Cochineal 2 ounces, bruised; 
pour over it one quart of boiling water and let it stand. Boil 2 ounces 
Brazil wood in i pint soft water, for half an hour, and in twenty-four 
hours mix the two together. Dissolve half ounce gum arabic in a 
pint of hot water, and when cool add to the other, stir well, bottle, 
let stand one week, and then strain it through muslin. 

Luminous Ink. — Shines in the dark. Phosphorous yi 
drachm; oil cinnamon y^, ounce; mix in a vial, cork tightly, heat it 
slowly until mixed. A letter written in this ink can only be read in a 
dark room, when the writing will have the appearance of a fire. 

Invisible Ink. — Sulphuric acid i part, water 20 parts; mix 
togutlier and write with a quill pen, which writing can be read only 
after heating it. 

Horticultural Ink. — Copper, t part; dissolve in nitric acid, 
10 p.irts, and add water, 10 parts; used to write on zinc or tin labels. 

Bottle Wax. — Black. — VAd^cV rosin, G}i lbs.; beeswax, yi lb.; 
finely powdered ivory black, i}^ lbs. Melt together. Red. — As the 
last, but substitute Venetian red or red lead, for the ivory black. 

Brown Ink. — A strong decoction of catechu. The shade may 
be varied by the cautious addition of a little weak solution of bi-chro- 
mate of potash. 

Indelible Ink for Glass or Metal. — Borax, i 02.; shellac, 

2 oz.; water, \Z fluid oz. ; boil in a covered vessel; add of thick 
mucilage, i oz.; triturate it with levigated indigo and lamp-black q. s. 
to give it a good color. After two hours repose decant from the 
dregs and bottle for use. It may be bronzed after being applied. 
Resists moisture, chlorine and acids. 

Liquid Mucilage. — Fine clean glue, I lb.; gum arabic, 10 oz.; 
water, i quart; melt by heat in a glue kettle or water bath; when 
entirely melted, add slowly 10 oz. strong nitric acid, set off to cool. 
Then bottle, adding a couple of cloves to each bottle. 

Coffee for Pound Packages. — Best Java coffee, i lb.; 
rye, 3 lbs. ; carefully clean the rye from all bad grains, wash to remove 
dust, drain off the water, and put the grain into your roaster, carefully 
stirring to brown it evenly. Brown the rye and coffee separately, 
grind, and put up in tight packages to preserve the aroma. 

Blueing for Clothes. — Take 1 oz. of soft Prussian blue, 
powder it, and put in a bottle with i quart of clear rain water, and 
.idd 3^ oz. of oxalic acid. A teaspoonful is sufificient for a large 
washing. 

Swaim's Vermifuge. — Wormseed 2 oz., valerian, rhubarb, 
pink-root, white 'agaric, of each i^ oz.; boil in sufficient water 
to yield 3 quarts of decoction, and add to it 30 drops of oil of tansy 
and 45 drops of oil of cloves, dissolved in a quart of rectified spirits. 
Dose. I tablesDOonful at niffht. 



Dose, I tablespoonful at night 



THE TWIN GIANTS OF PROSPERITY. 



1 6 THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 

Tioketing Ink, for Grocers, &c. — Dissolve i oz. of gum 
arabic in 6 oz. of water, and strain; this is the mucilage; for a biack 
color, use drop-black, powdered, and ground with the mucilage to 
extreme fineness; for blue, ultra-marine is used in the same manner; 
for ^nv«, emerald green; for zc/;//t', flake white; for rtv/, vermillion, 
lake, or carmine ; iox yellow, chrome yellow. When ground too thick, 
they are thinned with a little water. Apply to the cards with a small 
brush. The cards may be sized with a thin glue, and afterwards var- 
nished, if it is desired to preserve them. 

Coinmou Ink. — To i gallon boiling soft water, add ^ oz. 
extract logwood; boil two minutes ; remove from the fire, and stir in 
48 grains bi-chromate of potash, and 8 grains prussiate of potash; 
for 10 gallons, use 6j4 oz. logwood extract, i oz. bi-chromate of jjot- 
ash, and 80 grains prussiate potash; strain; six cents should buy the 
first and twenty-five cents the last. 

Black Copying Ink, or Writing; Fluid. — Take 2 gal- 
lons rain water, and put into it gum arabic, % lb.; brown sugar, 
)^ lb.; clean copperas, % lb.; powdered nutgalls, ^4^ lb.: mix, and 
shake occasionally for ten days, and strain; if needed sooner, let it 
stand in an iron kettle until the strength is obtained. This ink will 
stand the action of the atmosphere for centuries if required. 

Re<l Ink. — In an ounce phial put i teaspoonful aqua-ammonia, 
gum arabic, size of two or three peas, and 6 grains of No. 40 carmine; 
fill up with soft water, and it is soon ready for use. 

Portable Lemonade. — Tartaric acid i oz., white sugar 
2 lbs., essence of lemon )^ oz. ; powder and keep dry for use. One 
dessert spoonful will make a glass of lemonade. 

Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. — Take 4 grains of acetate of 
morphia, 2 fluid drams of tincture of bloodroot, 3 fluid drams each of 
antimonial wine and wine of ipecacuanha, and 3 fluid oz. syrup ot 
wild cherry. Mix. 

Brown's Bronchial Troches. — Take i lb. of pulverized 
extract of licorice, i}^ lbs. of pulverized sugar, 4 oz. of pulverized 
cubebs. 4 oz. pulverized gum arabic, and i oz. of pulverized extract 
of conium. Mix. 

Russia Salve. — Take equal parts of yellow wax and sweet oil, 
melt slowly, carefully stirring ; when cooling, stir in a small quantity 
of glycerine. Good for all kinds of wounds, &c. 

To Make Rubber Stamp Ink. — Dissolve aniline in hof 
glycerine, and strain while hot or warm. 

To Make Pads. — A piece of fine woolen cloth, saturated 
with ink, makes an excellent pad, but it is customary to place sheet 
cotton underneath and muslin over the cloth, bringing the muslin 
down around the edges and fasten hy tacking on a binding of tin or 
morocco leather strips. 

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To Make Wax Flowers. — The following articles will he 
required to commence wax work: 2 lbs. white wax, ^4 lb. hair wire, 
I bottle carmine, i ultramarine blue, i bottle chrome yellow, 2 
bottles chrome green. No. i, 2 bottles chrome green. No. 2, I bottle 
each of rose pink, royal purple, scarlet powder, and balsam fir, 2 
dozen sheets white wax. This will do to begin with. Now have a 
clean tin dish, and pour therein a quart or two of water; then put in 
about I lb. of the white wax, and let it boil. When cool enough, so 
the bubbles will not form on toj"), it is ready to sheet, which is done 
as follows: Take half of a window-pane, 7 x 9, and after having 
washed it clean, clip into a dish containing weak soap-suds; then difi 
into the wax and draw out steadily, and ])lunge it into the suds, when 
the sheet will readily come off. Lay it on a cloth or clean paper to 
dry. Proceed in like manner until you have enough of the white; 
then add enough of the green powder to make a bright color, and 
heat and stir thoroughly until the color is evenly distributetl, then 
proceed as for sheeting white wax. The other colors are ruhl^ed into 
the leaves after they are cut out, rubbing light or heavy according to 
shade. 

For patterns you can use any natural leaf, forming the creases in 
wax with the thumbnail ornecdle. To put the flowers together, or 
the leaves on to the stem, hold in the hand until warm enough to 
stick. If the sheeted wax is to be used in summer, put in a little 
balsam of fir to make it hard. If for winter none will be required. 

You can make many flowers without a teacher, but one to assist in 
the commencement would be a great help, though the most particular 
thing about it is to get the wax sheeted. The materials I have sug- 
gested can be procured at any drug store, and will cost from $3 to 
$4-50- 

Dr. Savery's Diphtheria Preventative. — Take ;^ tea- 

cu|3 of pulverized sugar, pour on boiling water sufficient to melt. 
Take 2 ozs. chloride potash in another teacuj:), and pour on boiling- 
water enough to dissolve, and mix with dissolved sugar. When cold 
add 3 teaspoonfuls of muriate tincture of iron. Directions, — Take 2 
teaspoonfuls three times a day. 

Artificinl Honey. — Take 8 lbs. of white sugar, add 2 quarts of 
water, boil four minutes, then add i lb. of bees' honey. Strain while 
hot. Flavor with a drop of the oil of peppermint and a drop of the 
oil of rose. 

Peerles.s IJiniinent. — One of the very best ever made for 
man or beast. Take equal parts of laudanum, alcohol, and oil of 
wormwood. Mix thoroughly. Used externally for rheumatismj neu- 
ralgia, toothache, earache, sprains, and bruises. 

Oil of Ro.ses. — Olive oil i lb., otto of roses 50 drops, oil 
of rosemary 35 drops; mix. Another, roses (hardly opened) 12 ozs., 
olive oil 16 ozs. ; beat them together in mortar, let them remain for 
a few days, then express the oil. 

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To Neutralize Whiskey to Make Various Iii<iuors. 

— To 40 gallons of whiskey add \%, lbs. unslacked lime, 3,^ lb. alum, 
and yz pint si)irils of lutre. Stand twenty-four hours, and draw 
it off. 

Madeira Wine. — To 40 gallons prepared cider add )^ lb. 
tartaric acid, 4 gallons of spirits, 3 lbs. loaf sugar. Let it stand 10 
tlays, draw it off carefully. Fine it down, and again rack it into 
another cask. 

Slierry AVine. — To 40 gallons prepared cider add 2 gallons 
sjjirits, 3 lbs. of raisins, 6 gallons good sherry and ^ oz. oil of 
bitter almonds dissolved in alcohol. Let it stand 10 days, and draw 
it off carefully. Fine it down, and again rack it into another cask. 

Court Plaster. — This plaster is merely a kind of varnished 
silk, and its manufacture is very easy. Bruise a sufficient quantity 
of isinglass, and let it soak in a little warm water for twenty-four 
hours. Expose it to heat over the fire until the greater part of the 
water is dissipated, and supply its place by proof spirits of wine, 
which will combine with the isinglass. Strain the whole through a 
l)iece of open linen, taking care that the consistence of the mixture 
shall be such that when cool it may form a trembling jelly. E.xtend 
a piece of black or fiesh-colored silk on a wooden frame, and fLx it 
in that position by means of tack or twine. Then apply the 
isinglass, after it has been rendered liquid by a gentle heat, to the 
silk with a brush of fine hair (badgers' is the best). As soon as this 
coating is dried, which will not be long, apply a second, and after- 
ward, if the article is to be very superior, a third. When the whoje 
is dry, cover it with two or three coatings of the Balsam of Peru. 
This is the genuine court plaster. It is pliable, and never breaks, 
which is far from being the case with spurious articles sold under 
the same name. 

Port W^ilie. — To 40 gallons prepared cider add 6 gallons good 
port wane, 10 quarts wild grajies, clusters, yi lb. bruised rhatany 
root, 3 ozs. tincture of kino, 3 lbs. loaf sugar, 2 gallons spirits. Let 
this stand 10 days. Color, if too light, with tincture of rhatany, 
then rack it off, and fine it. This should be repeated until the color 
is perfect and the liquid clear. 

CrOlcl Ink. — Honey and gold leaf equal parts, friturate until 
the gold is reduced to the finest possible state of division, agitate 
with 30 parts of hot water, and allow it to settle. Decant the water, 
and repeat the washing several times ; finally dry the gold and mix 
it with a little gum water for use. 

Silver Ink. — For silver ink the process is the same as gold, 
substituting silver leaf for the gold leaf. 

Ink for Marking- Packages.— Take lamp-black and mix 
thoroughly with sufficient turpentine to make it thin enough to flow 
from the brush. Pov/dered ultramarine, instead of lamp-black, 
makes a fine blue marking mixture for the same purpose. 

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Shaving" Soap. — Good white soap in fine shavings 3 lbs., 
balm soap i lb., soft water 3,4 of a lb., soda i oz. Melt carefully 
over a slow fire in an earthen vessel ; then add oil of lavender 60 
drops, oil of lemon 40 drops. Mi.x well and make into forms. 

L/Cather Cement. — Take gutta percha, cut in chloroform to 
right thickness for use, equal to Cook's best, for putting patches on 
leather, cloth shoes or boots. Well worth $100. 

Cleaning Coniponnd. — Mix i oz. of bora.v and I oz. of guin 
camphor with i quart of boiling water. When cool add i pint of 
alcohol, bottle, and cork tightly. When wanted for use, shake well^ 
and sponge the garments to be cleaned. This is an excellent mixture 
for cleaning soiled black cashmere and woolen dresses, coat collars 
and black felt hats. 

To Fasten Paper to Tin. — Take good, clear, pale yellow 
glue, break it into rather small pieces, and let it soak a few hours in 
cold water. Pour off the supernatant water, place the glue thus 
softened in a wide-mouthed bottle ; add sufficient glacial acid to cover 
the glue, and facilitate the solution by standing the bottle in warm 
water. This acetic glue will stick almost anything. 

Fnrnitnre Polish. — Equal parts sweet oil and vinegar, and 
a pint of gum arabic finely powdered. Shake the bottle, and apply 
the polish with a rag. It will make furniture look as good as new. 

Hunters' and Trappers' Secret. — Take equal parts of 

oil of rhodium, anise oil, sweet oil and honey, and mi.x well. Put a 
few drops on any kind of bait. For musk-rat use sweet apples or 
vegetables for bait. For mink use a chicken's head or a piece of 
fresh meat. 

Coug'h Syrup. — Put i quart of horehound to i quart of water, 
and boil it down to a ])int ; add 2 or 3 sticks of licorice, and a table- 
sj^oonful of essence of lemon. Take a tablespoonful of the syrup 
ihree times a day, or as often as the cough may be troublesome. The 
above receipt has been sold for $100. Several firms are making much 
money by its manufacture. 

Fire Kindlers. — To make very nice fire kindlers, take resin, 
any quantity, and melt it, putting in for each pound being used, 2 or 3 
ozs. of tallow, and when all is hot, stir in pine sawdust to make very 
thick; and while yet hot, spread it out about one inch thick, upon 
boards which have fine sawdust sprinkled upon them, to prevent it 
from sticking. When cold, break up into lumps about an inch square. 
But if for sale, take a thin board and press upon it, while yet warm, to 
lay it off into inch squares. This makes it break regularly, if you 
press the crease sufficiently deep. Grease the marked board to pre- 
vent it from sticking. 

Paradise Liniment. — Take i gill of alchol, % o^- tincture 
capsicum, % oz. paradise seed, cracked, and put all together. For 
rheumatism, sprains, lameness, etc. 



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Frencll LiUStral. — Take castor oil 3 ozs., alcohol 2^ ozs., 

ammonia 1-16 of an oz., well shaken and mixed together; perfume 
to suit. Bergamot, or any other perfume. Splendid hair dressing. 
3-OZ. bottles, 25 cents. 

Liling" Medicine. — Take black cohosh y^ oz., lobelia J^f oz.^, 
canker root ^4 of an oz., blackberry root ^ of an oz., sarsaparilla 
I oz., pleurisy ro(n ^ of an oz., steeped in 3 pints of water. Dose, 
T tablespoonful 3 times a day, before eating. Sure cure for spitting 
blood. 

Red Sealing- Wax. — Purchase 4 lbs. shellac, i^ lbs. Venier 
turpentine, 3 lbs. finest cinnabar, and add 4 oz, Venetian; mix the 
whole well together, and melt over a very slow fire. Pour it on a 
thick, smooth glass, or any other flat, smooth surface, and make it 
into 3, 6, or 10 cent sticks. 

Black SealinST Wax. — Purchase the best black resin, 3 lbs., 
beeswax y^ lb., and finely powdered ivory black i lb. Melt th& 
whole together over a slow fire, and make it into sticks. 

Cement for Ijeatlier. — Virgin India rubber dissolved in bisul- 
phide of carbon. Add bisulphide until of proper consistency to 
apply. Alter applying hold a moderately warm iron over the patch. 

Cure for Sore Backs of Horses. — The best method of 

curing sore backs is to dissolve j^ oz. blue vitriol in i pint water and 
daub the injured parts with it four or five times a day. Above is in 
general use with teamsters and horsemen, and is said to be the best cure 
of its kind known. 

St. Croix Glim. — To 40 gallons p. or n. spirit, add 2 gallons 
St. Croix rum, 2 ozs. acetic acid, ly ozs. butyric acid, 3 lbs. loaf sugar. 

Irish or Scotch Whiskey. — To 40 gallons proof spirits, 

add 60 drops of creosote dissolved in I quart of alcohol, 2 ozs. 
acetic acid, i lb. loaf sugar. Stand 4S hours. 

French Brandy. — Pure spirits i gallon, best French brandy, 
or any kind you wish to imitate, I quart, loaf sugar 2 ozs., sweet spir- 
rits (if nitre yz oz., a few drops of tincture of catechu, or oak bark, to 
roughen the taste, if desired, and color to suit. 

Champajfne Cider. — Good cider, pale, i hogshead, spirits- 
3 gallons, honey or sugar 20 lbs. Mix and let them rest for two 
weeks; then fine with skimmed milk, y gallon. This will be very- 
pale ; and a similar article, when bottled in champagne bottles and 
silvered and labeled, has been often sold to the ignorant for cham- 
pagne. 

Cider without Apples. — To i gallon of cold water add 
dark brown sugar i lb., tartaric acid y oz., yeast 3 tablespoonfuls, 
.Shake well together. 

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English Gin. — Plain malt spirits loo gallons, spirits of tur- 
pentine I pint, bay salt 7 lbs. Mix and distil. The difference in the 
ilavor of gin is jnoduced by varying the proportion of turpentine, and. 
by occasionally adding a small quantity of juniper berries. 

Centennial Water Proof Leather Preservative. — 

This is said to have been in use among New England fi>hermen for 
100 years. One pint of boiled linseed oil, ^ lb. of mutton suet, 6 
•ozs. clean bees' wax, 4 ozs. of resin. Melt and mix over a fire and 
apply wliile warm, but not hot enough to burn the leather. Lay it 
on plentifully with a brush and warm it in. Best preservative in the 
world. 

To Take Fac-siniiles of Signatures. — Write your name 

'On a piece of paper, and while the ink is wet sprinkle over it some 
finely powdered gum arabic, then make a rim around it, and pour on 
it some fusible alloy in a liquid state. Impressions may be taken 
from the plates, formed in this way, by means of printing-ink and the 
copperplate-press. 

Magnetic Toothache Drops. — Take equal parts of cam- 
phor, sulphuric ether, ammonia, laudanum, tincture of cayenne, and 
J/g put oil of cloves. Mix well together. Saturate with the liquid 
a small piece of cotton, and apply to the cavity of the diseased tooth, 
and the pain will cease innnediately. Put n;) in long drachm bottles. 
Ketail at 25 cents. This is a very salable preparation, and affords 
a large protit to the manufacturer. 

Cologne. — Take I gallon 95 per cent alcohol or cologne spirits, 
2 ozs. oil of bergamot, ^ oz. of orange, ^ oz. oil of cedar, ^ drachm 
■oil Nevoi, ^ drachm oil of rosemary. Mix well, and it is fit for use. 
A nice article. 

New York Barhers' Star Hair Oil. — Castor oil 6}^ 

pints, alcohol i}4 pints, oil of citronella }4 oz., lavender J4 oz. Mix 
well, put up in 4-0Z. bottles, retail for 25 cents. 

Chemical Compound. — Aqua-ammonia 2 ozs., soft water 
I quart, saltpetre i teasponnlul, shaving soap in shavings i oz. Mix 
all together. Dis'jolve tie soap well, and any grease or dirt that 
cannot be removed with this preparation, nothing else need be tried 
for it. 

To Mend Tinware. — Take a vial two-thirds full of muriatic 
acid, ]5ut into it all the chi|3pings of sheet zinc it will dissolve, then 
put in a crumb of sal ammoniac, and fill up with water. Wet the 
place to be mended with this liquid, put a piece of zinc over the hole, 
and apply a sj.irit lamp or candle below it, which melts the solder on 
the tin, and causes the zinc to adhere. 

Soldering Fluid. — Take 2 ozs. muriatic acid; add zinc till 
bubbles cease to rise; add }4 tcnspoonful of sal ammoniac and 2 ozs. 
water. Damp the part you wi-h to solder with this fluid; lay on a 
small piece of solder, and with a piece of hot iron or soldering iron 
solder the part. 

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Green Mountain Salve. — Take i 11). beeswax, i lb. of soft 

butler, and i j^ lbs. of soft turpentine, 12 ozs. balsam fir. Melt and 
Strain. Used to heal fresh wounds, burns, scalds, and all bad sores. 



Distilling Whiskey from Mola.sses. — Take 5 gallons of 

molasses, mix thoroughly willi 25 gallons soft water in a barrel, 
ijtir in Yz gallon brewers' yeast ; let it set from 5 to 7 days in a warm 
place, say 70 degrees. During this time fermentation will proceed^ 
which is known by a bubbling sensation. When this subsides, it is 
ready for distilling. To distil, use a common washing boiler, with 
the top well closed, and a hole in the same, or thimble soldered on, 
for the steam to pass through a pipe. Connect a tin pipe, say z 
inches in diameter and 10 feet long, with a short elbow end to the 
boiler; let the other end incline downward. Fill the boiler one half 
full of the fermented wort, boil slowly and regularly until there is no 
taste of spirits left. The atmosphere condenses the steam. In this 
case, if it should not entirely condense it, lengthen or enlarge the 
pipe. The liquid thus obtained is low wines, and to use the same 
process of running it, ]iroof sjiirits can be obtained. To continue 
this daily, any given amount of molasses, etc., can be mixed, say one 
barrel each day. Five quarts can be obtained from 4 quarts of com- 
jnon molasses. 

Indelible Marking Ink without a Preparation. — 

Dissolve separately i oz. of nitrate of silver, and i^ ozs. of sub-car- 
bonate of soda (best washing soda) in rain water. Mix the solutions, 
and collect and wash the precipitate in a filter; while still moist, rub' 
it up in a marble or hard wood mortar with 3 drachms of tartaric 
acid, add 2 ozs. of rain water, mix 6 drachms white sugar and 10 
drachms of jiowdered gum arable, % oz. of archil and water to make 
up 6 ozs. in measure. It should be ]3ut up in short drachm bottles, 
and sold at 25 cents. This is the best ink for marking clothes that 
has ever jjeen discovered. There is a fortune in this recipe, as a 
good marking ink is very salable. 

Soap without Lye or Grease. — In a clean pot put yi lb. 

home-made hard or soft soap, ]^ lb. sal soda, and 5 pints of soft 
water. Boil the mixture fifteen minutes, and you will have 5 lbs. 
of good soap for 7^ cents. 

Condition Powders. — Take antimony crude I oz., lobelia 
gr. I oz., ginger 2 ozs., sul])luir flour 3 ozs., bayberry gr. i oz., cream 
tartar 4 ozs., saltpetre floiw 4 ozs. ; well mixed. Dose, I tablespoon- 
ful each day in wet feed. l!est in market; will sell well. 

French Furniture Polish. — Alcohol 98 per cent, i pint, 
gum copal and shellac of each i oz., dragon's blood. Mix and dis- 
solve by setting in a warm place. 

Ink Powder. — Powdered nut galls 4 ozs., copperas 3 ozs., log- 
wood I oz., gum arable ^ oz. Sufficient for i quart of water. 

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Florida Water. — Dissolve in ^ gallon go per cent, alcohol, 

1 oz. each oil of lavender, oil of bergamot, and oil of lemon, and 
oil of cloves and cinnamon i drachm each. Add i gallon of 
water and filter. 

Wonder Hair Grower. — 6 ozs. bay rum, 3 ozs. glycerine, 2 
ozs. tincture cantharides. Mix and let stand 24 hours before using. 
This preparation gives a fine gloss, turns gray hair to a dark color, and 
will grow hair on bald heads unless the loss of hair was caused in 
some unusual manner. Mode of applying. — For thin hair or bald- 
ness apply twice each day until above amount of the grower is used. 
Rub in thoroughly, using a soft brush freely. For gray hair apply less 
frequently. Once a day will be sufficient. 

Bri.stol's Tooth Powder. — Prepared chalk i lb., castile 
soap _j4 lb., powdered yellow bark 2 ozs., powdered gun) myrrli 

2 ozs., powdered loaf sugar 2 ozs., j^owdered orris 2 ozs. Mix 
intimately, having first pulverized the castile soap. 

Boot and Shoe Blaokinjf. — Ivory black i lb., molasses 2 
ozs., olive oil 4 ozs., oil of vitriol 4 ozs., alcohol 8 ozs., rye flour i lb. 
Mix them together in a kettle. 

Aniflers' Secret, iNo. 1. — Mix the juice of lovage or smell- 
age with any kind of bait. 

No. 2. — Mullein seed pulverized and mixed with dough, and 
sprinkled on the surface of still water, intoxicates the fish, and makes 
them turn up on the top of the water. 

Bay Rum, Equal to the Best Imported. — Oil of Bay, 

fine, ij4 drachms, oil of neroli (bigard) 10 drops, ether acetic 2 
drachms, alcohol deod. (strong) 3 pints, water 2)^ pints, caromel 
sufficient to tinge. Let it stand two weeks and filter. 

Commercial Writing- Ink. — Galls i oz., gum yi oz., <^loves 

y^ oz., sulphate of iron ]4. oz., water 8 ozs. Digest by frequent 
shading till it has sufficient color. This is a good durable ink, and 
will bear diluting. 

Celehrated Moth and Freckle Lotion. — For the ski 1 

and complexion; a great secret. Distil two handfuls jessamine 
flowers in a quart of rose water and a quart of orange water. Strain 
through porous paper and add a scruple of musk and a scrujile of 
ambergris. Bottle and label. Splendid wash for the skin. 

Gas Fitter's Cement. — Mix together resin, four and a half 
parts; wax, one part; and Venetian red, 3 parts. 

Plumber's Cement. — Black resin, i part; brick dust, 2 
parts, well incorporated by a melting heat, pjoiled linseed oil and red 
lead mixed together into a putty are often used by coppersmiths and 
engineers to secure joints; the washers of leather or cloth are 
smeared with this mixture in a pasty state. 

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Imperial Onfjuent for Forciui? Whiskers and 

Moustaclie to (jrrow. — Made as follows: 2 drachms of ben- 
zoin coinp., 2 draclims tincture of cantharides, 6 ozs. castor oil, g)^ 
ozs. alcohol, I draciim oil bergamot. Mix well, bottle and label. 
Apply the onguent night and morning. Circulation should be 
stimulated with a rough towel. 

Curloliiie, f<»r Makingr the Hair Curl. — One lb. olive 

oil, I drachm oil of origanum, ij4 drachms oil rosemary. Mix well, 
bottle and label. Ap]5iy two or three times weekly. Will curl the 
straightest hair if not cut too short. 

Hair Restorative and Invifforator. — For a trifling cost. 
.Sugar of lead, borax and lac sulphur of each i oz., aqua-annnonia 
J4 oz., alcohol I gill, mix and let stand for 14 hours; then add bay 
rum I gill, fine table salt i tablesj^oon, soft water 3 pints, essence of 
bergamot i oz. This preparation not only gives a beautiful gloss, 
but will cause hair to grow upon bald heads arising from all common 
causes, and turning gray hair to a dark color. 

Manner of Application. — When the hair is thin or bald, make 
two a])plications daily, until this amount is used up. Work it into 
the roots of the hair with a soft brush or the ends of the fingers, 
rubbing well each time. For gray hair one application daily is 
sufificient. 

Royal Washing' Powder. — Mix any quantity of soda ash 
with an equal jjortion of carbonate of soda — ordinary soda — ■ 
crushed into coarse grains. Have a thin solution of glue or decoc- 
tion of linseed oil ready, into which pour the soda until quite thick. 
Spread it out on boards in a warm apartment to dry. As soon as 
dry, shake up well, so that it will pack easily into nice square 
packages. Label neatly. Found packages cost 7 cents; retail for 
35 cents. 

Eg'yptian Cement. — For mending china, glass or wooden 
ware: Take i lb. of the best white glue, y^ lb. dry white lead, 
1 quart soft water, ^ pint alcohol. I'ut the three first articles in a 
dish, and that dish in a pot of boiling water. Let it boil until 
dissolved, tiien add the alcohol, and boil again until mixed. A little 
camphor should be added, to preserve it and disguise its composition. 
Put in small bottles; 215 cents each. 

Traveller's Ink. — White blotting paper is saturated with ani- 
line black, and several sheets are pasted together, so as to form a 
thick jiad. When required for use a small piece is torn off and 
covered with a little water. The black liquid which dissolves out is 
a good writing ink. A square inch of paper will produce enough ink 
to last for a considerable writing, and a few ]iads would be all that an 
exploring party need carry with them. As w^ter is always available 
the ink is readily made. This is a })erfectly (r-'ginal and new receipt. 
Any enterprising man can make a large income out of its manufac- 
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*• Haudy " Water Pens. — Take best quality of violet 
aniline, reduce to a thick ])aste with water ; then add mucilage and 
mix thoroughly. Apply the paste thus made to the pen, and let i\. 
iky twelve hours. Any steel pen may be prepared in this way. We 
always keep in stock the best violet aniline, also a large stock of 
pens. (See price list.) 

Artificial Oysters. — Grate green com in a dish; to i pint of 
this add i egg well beaten, small teacuj) of Hour, half a cuj) of Ijutter, 
salt, and pepper; mix well together, and fry them brown. 

To Remove Grease or Stains from Clothing. — Ordi- 
nary benzine is as good a grease eradicator as is now used. I'ut up 
in 4-0Z. bottles and label it " The Nation's Grease Extractor," and 
sell for 20 or 25 cents. Benzine generally costs about 15 cents a 
gallon. Dip the corks in wax. 

Majfic Cure for Burns, Cuts, Scalds, Salt Rheum, 
Brui.*>es, etc., etc. — To be used externally only. This cure is 
used extensively by physicians throughout the United States and 
Canada, and is pronounced by all the most marvelous cure of its kind 
in the known world. Carbolic acid 48 grains, yellow wax ^ oz., lard 
34!' oz., tannin 6 grains. Mix. Apply twice or three times daily, and 
a cure will be effected in a short time. Relief almost immediately. 

To Remove Rust from Saws. — Procure at some drug 
vtore a piece of pumice stone as large as a hen's egg, grind one side 
flat on a grindstone, then scour off the rust with the pumice stone 
and soap suds. Cover the surface with lard in which there is no 

^alt. 

Another. — Immerse the articles in kerosene oil and let them 
remain for some time. The rust will become so much loosened as to 
come off very easily. 

Paste That Will Not Sour.— Dissolve ;^ an oz. of alum in 
a pint of boiling water, add an equal weight of flour, made smooth in 
a little cold water, and a few drops of oil of cloves, and let the whole 
come to a boil. Put it into glass or ointment jars. It will keep for 
months. 

Washing" Fluid. — Take i lb. sal soda, )A lb. good stone lime, 
and 5 c|uarts of water ; boil a short time, let it settle, and pour off the 
clear fluid into a stone jug, and cork for use; soak your white 
clothes over night in simple water, wring out and soap wristbands, 
collars, and dirty or stained places; have your boiler half filled with 
water just beginning to boil, then put in one common teacupful of 
fluid, stir and put in your clothes, and boil for half an hour; then 
Tiib lightly through one suds only, and all is complete. 

To Mark Sheep without Injury to the Wool.— To 

30 spoonfuls of linseed oil, add 2 ozs. of litharge and i oz. of lamp- 
black; boil all together, and mark the sheep therewith. 

THEREFORE "BE WISE WITH SPEED." 



26 THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 

Tinctures are made with i oz. of gum, root, (jr bark, etc.» 
dried, to each pint of proof spirits, and let it stand one week and 
filter. 

Essences are made witli i oz. of any given oil added to i pint 
of alcohol. Peppermint is colored with tincture turmeric, cinnamon 
with tincture red saunders, wintergreen with tincture kino. 

How to Make One Hundred Pounds of Soap Very 

Cheap. — Potash 6 lbs., lard 4 lbs., rosin J4 lb. Beat up the rosin, 
mix all together, and set aside for five days. Then put the whole 
into a ID-gallon cask of water and stir twice a day for ten days,, 
when it is ready for use. 

Oleomargarine 3Iauufacture. — The process liy which 

suet is converted into the substance called oleomargarine is as fol- 
lows : The crude suet, after first being washed in cold water, is 
"rendered," melted, and then drawn off into movable tanks. The 
hard substance is subjected to a hydraulic pressure of 350 tons, and 
the oil extracted. The butter is made from the oil thus obtained,, 
while the hard substance remaining is disposed of as stearine. The 
oil, being carried off into churns, is mixed with milk and from 3 t<> 
5 per cent, of dairy butter. It is then drawn off into a consistent 
form, and cooled with broken ice. The latter is soon removed, and 
the butter worked up with a small portion of salt. When this is 
done, the article is ready for packing and consumption. 

Mucilage for Isabels. — Dexterine 2 ozs., glycerine i drachm,, 
alcohol I oz., water 6 ozs. 

Common Twist Candy. — Boil 3 lbs. of common sugar and 
I jiint of water over a slow fire for half an hour, without skimming. 
When boiled enough, take it off ; rub your hands over with butter; 
take that which is a little cooled, and pull it as vou would molasses, 
candy until it is white ; then twist or braid it, and cut it up in strips. 

Fine Peppermint Lozenges. — Best powdered white sugar 
7 Ills., jjure starch i lb., oil of peppermint to flavor. Mi.\ with 
mucilage. 

Molasses Candy. — r>oil molasses over a moderately hot fire, 
stirring constantly. When you think it is done, drop a little on a 
plate, and if sufficiently boiled it will be hard. Add a small quantity 
of vinegar to render it brittle, and any flavoring ingredient yon prefer. 
Pour in buttered tin pans. If nuts are to be added, strew them in 
the pans before pouring out the candy. 

Fig Candy. — Take i lb. of sugar and i pint of water, set over 
a slow fire. When done add a few drops of vinegar and a lump of 
butter, and pour into pans into which split figs are laid. 

Raisin Candy. — Can be made in the same manner, substi- 
tuting stoned raisins for the figs. Common molasses candy is very 
nice with all kinds of nuts added. 

$30 PER WEEK MAY LOOK LARGE, 



TliK SILENT ASSISTANT. 2/ 

Felon Ointment. —Take sweet oil y^ pint, and stew a 3-cent 
plug of tobacco in it until the tobacco is crisped; then squeeze it out, 
and add red lead i oz., and boil until black ; when a little cool add pul- 
verized camphor gum i oz. 

Black Ink. — Shellac 4 ozs., borax 2 ozs., water i quart ; boil 
till dissolved, and add 2 ozs. gum arable dissolved in a little hot 
water; boil and add enough of a well triturated mixture of equal parts 
of indigo and lamp-black to produce a proper color; after standing 
several hours draw off and bottle. 

Green Ink. — Dissolve iSo grains birchromate of potassa in 
I fluid oz. of water, add while warm ^ oz. spirit of whie, then decom- 
pose the mixture with concentrated sulphuric acid until it assumes a 
brown color; evaporate this liquid until its quantity is reduced one 
half, dilute it with 2 ozs. distilled water, filter it, add y^ oz. alcohol, 
followed by a few drops of strong sulphuric acid; it is now allowed to 
rest, and after a time it assimies a beautiful green color. Add a small 
quantity of gum arable and it is ready for use. 

Beautiful Blue Writing Fluid. — Dissolve basic or sol- 
uble Prussian blue in pure water. This is the most j^ermanent and 
beautiful blue ink known. 

Violet Copying Ink. — For blue violet, dissolve in 300 parts 
of boiling water, methyl violet 5H, Hofman's violet, 3B, or gentiana 
violet, B. Yox reddish violet, dissolve in a similar quantity of water> 
methyl-violet BR. A small quantity of sugar added to these inks im- 
proves their copying qualities. If the writing, when dry, retains a 
bronzy appearance, more water must be added. 

Root Beer. — For lo gallons beer, take 3 lbs. common burdock 
root, or I oz. essence of sassafras; ^ lb. good hops; i pint corn, 
roasted brown. Boil the whole in 6 gallons pure water until the 
strength of the materials is obtained; strain while hot into a keg, add- 
ing enough cold water to make 10 gallons. \Vhen nearly cold, add 
clean molasses or syrup until palatable, — not sickishly sweet. Add 
also as much fresh yeast as will raise a batch of eight loaves of bread. 
Place the keg in a cellar or other cool place, and in forty-eight hours 
you will have a keg of first-rate sparkling root beer. 

Premium Method of Keeping- Hams, etc. — To 4 gal- 
lons water add 8 lbs. coarse salt, i '4 oz. potash, 2 ozs. saltpetre, 2 
lbs. brown sugar. Boil together, skim when cold, put on the above 
quantity to 100 lbs. meat; hams to remain in eight weeks, beef, three 
weeks. Let the hams dry several days before smoking. Meat of all 
kinds, salmon and other fi-h, lobsters, etc., may be preserved for 
years bv a light application of pyroligneous acid aj^plied with a brush, 
sealing up in cans as usual. It imparts a splendid flavor to the meat, 
is very cheap, and an effectual preservative a"-ainst loss. 

BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY. 



J28 THE SILENT A.SSKSTANT. 

K rill iailt Red Ink. — Brazil wood 2 ozs., muriate of tin y^ 
■tlraciiiii, gum arabic i drachm; boil down in 32 ozs. water to one half, 
and strain. 

Bucliner's Carmine Ink. — Pure carmine 12 grains, water 
of ammonia 3 ozs., dissolve, then add powdered gum 18 grains; ^ 
drachm of powdered drop lake may be substituted for the carmine 
where expense is an object. 

Dr. Kittredge's Remedy for Rheumatism and Stiff 

Joints* — Strong camphor spirits, i pint ; neats-foot, coon, bear, or 
si^unk's oil, I pnit ; spirits of turpentine, ^ pint. Shake the bottle 
when used, and apply 3 times daily, by pouring on a little at a time 
and rubbing in all you can for 20 to 30 minutes. 

Indelible Ink for Marking Linen. — Add caustic alkali 

to a saturated solution of cuprous chloride until no further precipitate 
forms ; allow the precipitate to settle, draw off the supernatant liquid 
with a siphon, and dissolve the hydrated copper oxide in the smallest 
quantity of ammonia. It may be mixed with about 6 per cent, of 
gum dexterine for use. 

Plain Court Plaster that will not stick and remains flexible: 
Soak isinglass in a little warm water for twenty-four hours, then 
evaporate nearly all the water by a gentle heat. Dissolve the residue 
in a little proof spirits of wine, and strain the whole through a piece 
of open linen. The strained mass should be a stiff jelly when cool. 
Stitch a piece of silk or sarcenet on a wooden frame with tacks or 
thread. Melt the jelly and apply it to the silk thinly and evenly with 
a badger hair brush. A second coating must be applied when the 
first has dried. When both are dry, apply over the whole surface 
two or three coatings of balsam of Peru. This plaster remains quite 
pliable, and never breaks. 

New Invisible Ink. — C. Wideman communicates a new 
method of making an invisible ink to Die Natur. To make the writ- 
ing or drawing appear which has been made upon paper with the ink, 
it is sufficient to dip it into water. On drying, the traces disappear 
again, and reappear at each succeeding immersion. The ink is made 
by intimately mixing linseed oil I part, water of ammonia 20 parts, 
water 100 parts. The mixture must be agitated each time before the 
pen is dipped into it, as a little of the oil may separate and float on 
top, which would, of course, leave an oily stain upon the paper. 

To Bore Holes in Glass. — Any hard steel tool will cut glass 
with great facility when kept freely wet with camphor dissolved in 
turpentine. A drill-bow may be used, or even the hand alone. A 
hole bored may be readily enlarged by a round file. The ragged 
■edges of glass vessels may also be thus easily smoothed by a flat file. 
Flat window glass can readily be sawed by a watch spring saw by aid 
of this solution. In short, the most brittle glass can be wrought 
almost as easily as brass by the use of cutting tools kept constantly 
moist with camphorized oil of turpentine. 

"DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS." 



THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 2f> 

To Etch Upon Glass. — Procure several thick, clear pieces 
of crown glass, and immerse them in melted wax, so that each mav 
receive a complete coating, or pour over them a solution of \vax in 
benzine. When perfectly cold, draw on them, with a fine steel 
point, flowers, trees, houses, portraits, etc. Whatever parts of the 
drawings are intended to be corroded with the acid should be 
perfectly free from the least particle of wax. When all these 
drawings are finished, the pieces of glass must be immersed one 
by one in a square leaden box or receiver, where they are to 
be sul)initted to tlie action of hydroflouric acid gas, made by acting 
on ])owdered flu irspar by concentrated sulphuric acid. When the 
glasses are sufficiently corroded, they are to be taken out, aird 
the wax is to be removed by first dipping them in warm and then 
in hot \\ater, or by washing with turpentine or benzine. Various 
colors may be applied to the corroded j^arts of the glass, whereby 
a fine paintmg may be executed. In the same manner sentences 
and initials of names may be etched on wine-glasses tumblers, etc. 

Rubber Hand Stamps. — Set up the desired name and 
address in common type, oil the type, and place a guard about 
Yz i ich high around the form. Now mix plaster of Paris to the 
desired consistency, pour in and allow it to set. Have your vul- 
canized rubber ail ready, as made in long strips 3 inches wide and 
y^ of an inch thick, cut off the size of the intended stamp. Remove 
the plaster cast from the tyjje, and ])lace both the cast and the 
rubber in a screw press, applying sufficient heat to thoroughly 
soften the rubber, then turn down the screw hard, and let it remain 
until the rubber receives the exact impression of the cast and 
becomes cold, when it is removed, neatly trimmed with a sharp 
knife, and cemented to the handle, ready for use. 

Sticky Fly-Paper. — Boiled linseed oil and resin; melt and 
add honey. Soak the paper in a strong solution of alum, then dry 
before applying the above. 

Silver Plating" Fluid. — Take i oz. of precipitate silver to 
% OZ- of cyanite of potash and % oz, of hyposulphate of soda. 
Put all in a quart of water, add a little whiting, and shake before 
using. A])ply with a soft rag. Put up in ounce bottles, and retails 
at 25 cents. This secret is worth $100 to an agent to sell to families. 

How to Fasten Rubber to Wood and Metal. — As 

rubber plates antl rmgs are now-a-days used almost exclusively for 
making connections between sleain and other pipes and apparatus, 
much annoyance is often experienced by the impossibility or imper- 
fection of an air-tight connection. This is obviated entirely by em- 
ploying a cement which fastens alike well to the rubber and to the 
metal oi wood. Such cement is prepared by a solution of shellac in 
ammonia. This is best made by soaking pulverized gum shellac in 
ten times its weight of strong ammonia, when a slimy mass is obtained, 
which in three to four weeks will become liquid without the use of 
hot water. This softens the rubber, and becomes, after volatilization 
of the ammonia, hard and imner'neable to gases and fluids. 

SEND FOR AN OUTFIT TO-DAY. 



3° THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 

To Transfer Printed Matter, and Print from it 

again. — Take your picture or ])rint and soak it for a short time in 
a weak solution of caustic potash, then remove it carefully, and let 
it dry on a sheet of clean paper. Now take a piece of copper, zinc, 
or steel, which has previously been well cleaned, and dip it into hot 
white wax. Let the first coat set, then dip again. Having got the 
plate thoroughly coated and set, lay the matter to be transferred 
on the plate, and rub it gently all over on the back; now raise it up, 
and it will be transferred on to the wax on the plate. Now take 
needles of a different thickness, and scrawl all over the wax, follow- 
ing the lines of the engraving. Having got the picture all traced 
out, pour upon it some weak acid if you use zinc, which is too soft 
to print many from, therefore it is better to use copper or steel. If 
you use f^//fr make the following solution to pour over it: Verdi- 
gris 4 parts, salt 4 parts, sal ammoniac 4 parts, alum I part, water 
16 parts, strong vinegar 12 parts. Dissolve by heat. For steel, use 
pyroligneous acid 5 joarts, alcohol i part, nitric acid i part. Mix 
the first two, then add the nitric acid. Pouring the preparations 
over the plates where the traces of the picture are, it will eat into 
the metal plate without affecting the wax. Let it stand till it has 
eaten a sufficient depth, then wash the plate in cold water, dry 
it, and place it near the fire till all the wax is melted off. You 
can now print as many as you please from the plate by rubbing on 
it printers' ink, so as to fill all the fine spaces ; which, when done, 
wipe it over smoothly with clean cloths to remove the superfluous 
ink which is on the face of the plate. Now take damp jjaper 
or card board, and press it on the plate, either with a coyping press 
or the hand, and you get a fine impession, or as many as you want 
by repeating the inking process. I would recommencl beginners to 
try their skill with valueless prints before attempting to make 
transfers of fine engravings, as the picture to be transferred is 
destroyed by the process. 

liiquid Glue. — To i oz. of borax in i pint of boiling water, 
add 2 ozs. of shellac, and boil until the shellac is dissolved. 

I. X. li. Baking' Powder. — Receipt. Take i lb. tartaric 
acid in crystals, 1% lbs. bi-carbonate of soda, and 1^2 lbs. of potato 
starch. Each must be powdered separately, well dried by a slow 
heat, well mixed through a sieve. Pack hard in tinfoil, tin or paper 
glazed on the outside. The tartaric acid and bi-carbonate of soda 
can of course be bought cheaper of wholesale druggists than you 
can make them unless you are doing things on a very large scale, 
but potato starch any one can make. It is only necessary to peel 
the potatoes, and to grate them up fine into vessels of water, 
to let Ihem settle, pour off the water, and make the settlings in 
balls, and to dry them. With these directions any one can make as 
good a baking powder as is sold anywhere. If he wants to make 
it very chea]i, he can take cream of tartar and common washing 
(carbonate) soda, instead of the articles named in the receipt, but 
this would be advisable only where customers insist on excessively 
low prices in preference to quality of goods. 

ORDER ALL GOODS ADVERTISED IN THIS BOOK 



THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 3 I 

To Write Secret Letters.— Put five cents' worth citrate 
'of potassa in an ounce vial of clear cold water. This forms an 
invisible fluid. Let it dissolve, and you can use on paper of any 
color. Use goose-quill in writing. When you wish the writing to 
become visible, hold it to a red-hot stove. 

Coi>yini»- Pad.— White gelatine 4 ozs., water S ozs., glycerine 
S ozs., <;uni dexterine 2 ozs. Always use these same proportions for 
any amount. Melt the gelatine in the water at a gentle heat; 
add to it the glycerine, in which the gum dexterine has been 
thoroughly incorporated. Now stir all together, until thoroughly 
mixed, and then pour into pans of the desired size, to the depth of 
Yz mch. 

Receipt for Ink to Be Used. — Violet aniline 40 grains, gum arable 
12 grains, alcohol X o^., water ^ oz. Dissolve the gum in the 
water and alcohol, then add the aniline. Shake in a bottle from 
Time to time, until the aniline is dissolved. To work tlie Copying 
Pads. — Write with the ink on any good paper, press the written 
surface on the pad, and allow it to remain two minutes; then take 
off, and the writing will remain, from which impressions may be 
taken by laying plain paper, and smoothing with the hand. As soon 
as the last impression is taken, be sure and wash off with a wet 
sponge. 

Everlasting" Fence Posts. — I discovered many years ago 
that wood could be made to last longer than iron in the ground, but 
thought the process so simple and inexpensive that it was not worth 
while to make any stir about it. I would as soon have poplar, bass- 
wood, or quaking ash as any other kind of timber for fence posts. I 
have taken out basswood j)osts after having been set seven years, 
which were as sound when taken out as when they were first put in 
the ground. Time and weather seem to have no effect on them. The 
posts can be prepared for less than two cents apiece. This is the 
receipt: Take boiled linseed oil and stir it in pulverized charcoal to 
the consistency of paint. Put a coat of this over the timber, and 
there is not a man that will live to see it rotten. 

Ho^v to Test the Richness of Milk. — Procure any 
long glass vessel — a cologne bottle or long ])hial. Take a narrow 
strip of paper, just the length from the neck to the bottom of the 
phial, and mark it off with 100 lines at equal distances, or into 
50 lines, and count each as two, and paste upon the phial, so as to 
tlivide its length into 100 equal parts. Fill it to the highest mark 
with milk fresh from the cow, and allow it to stand in a perpendicular 
position 24 hours. The number of spaces occupied by the cream will 
give you its exact percentage in the milk without any guess work. 

Kiss Me Quick. — Spirits i gallon, essence of thyme '%. oz., 
€ssence of orange flowers 2 ozs., essence neroli y^ oz., otto of roses 
30 drops, essence of jasmine i oz., essence of balm mint l^ oz., petals 
of roses 4 ozs., oil lemon 20 drops, calorus aromaticus J4 oz., essence 
neroli ]^ oz. Mix and strain. 

FROM THE WORLD SUPPLY CO., RUTLAND, VT. 



32 THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 

To Mend Tiaware by the Heatof a Candle.— Take 

a vial about tvvo-tliirds lull of muriatic acid and j^ut into it little bits. 
of sheet zinc as long as it dissolves them ; then put in a crumb of sal 
ammoniac and fill up with water, and it is ready to use. Then, with 
the cork of the vial, wet the place to be mended with the preparation; 
then put a piece of zinc over the hole and hold a lighted candle 
or spirit lamp under the place, which melts the solder on the tin, and 
causes the zinc to adhere without further trouble. Wet the zinc also 
with the solution ; or a little solder may be put on instead of the zinc, 
or with the zinc. 

To Whiten and Soften the Hands.— Take Yz lb. mutton 
tallow, 1 oz. camphor gum, i oz. glycerine ; melt, and when thor- 
oughly mixed, set away to cool. Rub the hands with this every night. 

A Branding Ink. — A viraterproof branding ink, good for 
marking .sheep: Shellac 2 ozs., borax 2 ozs., water 24 ozs., gum 
arable 2 ozs., lamp-black sufficient. Boil the borax and shellac in the 
water till they are dissolved, and withdraw from the fire. When the 
solution becomes cold, complete 25 ozs. with water and add lamp- 
black enough to bring the preparation to a suitable consistency. 
When it is to be used with a stencil it must be made thicker than 
when it is applied with a brush. The above gives lilack ink. For 
red ink substitute Venetian red for lamp-iolack, for blue, ultramarine,. 
and for green, a mixture of ultramarine and chrome yellow. 

Balm of a Thousand Flowers. — Deodorized alcohol 

I pint, nice white bar soap 4 ozs., shave the soap when ])ut in, stand 
in a warm place till dissolved; then add oil of citronella i drachm, 
and oils of neroli and rosemary, of each ^ drachm. 

Barber's Shampooing' Mixture. — Soft water i pint, sal 
soda I oz., cream tarter ]/^ oz. Apply thoroughly to the hair. 

Frang'ipanni. — Spirits i gallon, oil bergamot i oz., oil of 
lemon i oz. ; macerate for 4 days, frequently shaking ; then add water 
I gallon, orange-flower water i pint, essence of vanilla 2 ozs. Mix. 

Jockey Club. — Spirits of wine 5 gallons, orange-flower water 
I gallon, balsam of Peru 4 ozs., essence of bergamot 8 ozs., essence 
of musk 8 ozs., essence of clove 4 ozs., essence of neroli 2 ozs. Mix. 

Ladies' Own. — Spirits of wine I gallon, otto of roses 20 drops, 
essence of thyme ^ oz., essence of neroli % oz., essence of vanilla 
% oz., essence of bergamot % oz., orange-flower water 6 ozs. 

Upper Ten. — Spirits of wine 4 quarts, essence of cedrat 2 
drachms, essence of violets yi oz., essence of neroli ^ oz., otto of 
roses 20 drops, orange-flower essence i oz., oil of rosemary 30 drops^ 
oils of bergamot and neroli, each ^ oz. 

WRITE TO US FOR ANY INGREDIENTS NAMED IN THIS 



THE SILENT ASSISIA'NT. i- ^ 

'J.J' 

Warts and Corns. To Cure in Ten Minutes. — 

Take a small piece of potash and let it stand in the open air until it 
slacks, then thicken it to a paste with pulverized gum arable, which 
]3revents it from spreading where it is not wanted. 

Liniment. G-ood Samaritan.— Take 98 per cent, alcohol 

2 quarts, and add to it the following articles : (Mis of sassafras, hem- 
lock, spirits of turpentine, tincture of cayenne, catechu, guaiac (guac),. 
and laudanum, of each i oz., tincture of myrrh 4 ozs., oil of origanum 
2 ozs., oil of wintergreen j4 oz., gum camphor 2 ozs., and chloroform 
i^ ozs. This is one of the best applications for external pains 
known. It is superior to any other enumerated in this work. 

Silvering' Powder. — Nitrate of silver and common salt, of 
each 30 grains, cream of tartar 3)^ drachms. Pulverize finely, mix 
thoroughly, and bottle for use. Unequaled for polishing copper and 
plated goods. 

Tin Cans. — Size of Sheet for from i to 100 Gallons. 



r I gallon. 


7 by 20 inches. 


F 


or 25 gallons, 


30 by 56 inches. 


^Yz " 


10 by 28 " 




40 " 


36 by 63 " 


5 


12 by 40 " 




50 " 


40 by 70 " 


6 


14 by 40 " 




75 " 


40 by 84 


10 " 


20 by 42 " 




100 " 


40 by 98 " 


15 


30 by 42 " 









This includes all the laps, seams, etc., which will be found suffi- 
ciently correct for all practical purposes. 

Chilblains. To Cure. — Published by order of the Govern- 
ment of Wirtemburg. Mutton tallow and lard, of each % lb.; melt in 
an iron vessel, and add hydrated oxide of iron 2 ozs. stirring continually 
with an iron spoon, until the mass is of a uniform black color; then 
let it cool, and add Venice turpentine 2 ozs., Armenian bole i oz., 
oil of bergamot i drachm; rub up the bole with a little olive oil before 
putting it in. 

To Keep Cider Sweet, and Sweeten Sour Cider. — 

To keep cider perfect, take a keg and bore holes in the bottom of it; 
spread a ijiece of woolen cloth at the bottom; then fill with clean 
sand closely packed; draw your cider from a barrel just as fast as it 
will run through the sand; after this, put it in clean barrels which 
have had a piece of cotton or linen cloth 2 by 7 inches dipped in 
melted sulphur and burned inside of them, thereby absorbing the 
sulphur fumes (this process will also sweeten sour cider); then keep 
it in a cellar or room where there is no fire, and add ^ lb. white 
mustard seed to each barrel. If cider is long made, or souring when 
you get it, about i quart of hickory ashes (or a little more of other hard 
wood ashes) stirred into each barrel will sweeten and clarify it nearly 
equal to rectifying it as above; but if it is not rectified, it must be 
racked off to get clear of the pomace, as, with this in it, it will sour. 
Oil or whiskey barrels are best to put cider in, or y, pint sweet oil to 
a barrel, or a gallon of whiskey to a barrel, or lioth, may be added 
with decidedly good effects; isinglass, 4 ozs. to each barrel, helps to 
clarify and settle cider that is not going to be rectified. 

BOOK WHICH YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT FURNISH. 



34 'i'HK SILENT ASSISTANi'. 

Swiss Chiniliey Powder. — Simplest and best preparation 
for cleaning lamp chimneys. Scour the chimney thoroughly with a 
woolen rag dampened and dipped in common soda. Afterwards wash 
thoroughly and dry. Chimneys will look bright and clean much 
longer than when cleaned in any other way. Above is valuable to all 
housekeepers. 

French Polish or Dressing for Lieather. — Mix 2 pints 

best vinegar with i pint soft water. Stir into it }^ lb. glue, broken 
up, K ^^- logwood chips, X oz. of finely powdered indigo, ){ oz. of 
the best soft soap, X oz. of isinglass. Put the mixture over the fire, 
and let it boil ten minutes or more; then strain, bottle, and cork. 
When cold it is fit for use. Apply with a sponge. 

Molasses Candy. — West India molasses i gallon, brown 
sugar 2 lbs. Boil the molasses and sugar in a preserving kettle 
over a slow fire; when done enough, it will cease boiling; stir fre- 
quently, and when nearly done stir in the juice of four lemons, or 
two teaspoonfuls of essence of lemon ; afterwards butter a pan and 
pour out. 



PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, ETC. 

A Patent is a Protection given to secure the inventor in 
tV.e profits arising from the manufacture and sale of an article of his 
own creation. 

What to Invent. — Cheap, useful articles that will sell at 
sight. Something that every one needs, and the poorest can afford. 
Invent simple things for the benefit of the masses, and your fortune 
is made. Some years back a one-armed soldier amassed a fortune 
from a simple toy — a wooden ball attached to a rubber string. 
They cost scarcely nothing, yet millions were sold at a good price. 
A CJerman became enormously rich by patenting a simple wooden 
phtg for beer barrels. " What man has done, man can do." 

How to Protect Your Invention. — Patent it. If you do 

not, others will reap the benefits that rightfully belong to you. 

To Whom Letters Patent Are Granted. — Section 

4886 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides that: 
"Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, 
machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and use- 
ful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in this country, 
and not patented or described in any printed publication in this or 
any foreign country, before his invention or discovery thereof, and not 
in public use, or on sale for more than two years prior to his applica- 
tion, unless the same is proved to have been abandoned, may, upon 
the payment of the fees required by law, and other due proceedings 
had. obtain a patent therefor." 

THE LARGEST DOSE OF MEDICINE 



THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 3- 

And section 4888 of the same Statutes enacts : 

" Sec. 4888. Before any inventor or discoverer shall receive a 
patent for his invention or discovery, he shall make application there- 
for, in virriting, to the Commissioner of Patents, and shall file in the 
Patent Office a written description of the same, and of the manner 
and process of making, constructing, compounding, and using it, in 
such full, clear, concise and exact terms, as to enable any i)ersoiiL 
skilled in the art or science to which it appertains, or with which it is 
most nearly connected, to make, construct, compound, and use the 
same ; and in case of a machine, he shall explain the principle there- 
of, and the best mode in which he has contemplated applying that 
principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions; and he shall 
particularly point out and distinctly claim the part, improvement, or 
combination which he claims as liis invention or discovery. The 
specification and claim shall be signed by the inventor, and attested 
by two witnesses." 

It is also required by law that when "The case admits of draw- 
ings," it shall be properly illustrated; and also, if the Commissioner 
requires it, that a model shall be furnished in cases capable of such 
demonstration. 

The cost of obtaining Letters Patent in ordinary cases is : P'irst 
Government fee, $15; counsel fees, including drawings, $:^5; second, 
or final Government fee, to be paid within six months from date of 
allowance, $20; total, $60. 

Desig'ns. — A design patent can be obtained for novelties in 
the shape or configuration of articles, or impressions by any means 
whatever. These patents are of great value to the trade. 

The government fees for a design patent are : — 
On filing every application for a design patent . . . $10.00 
On issuing a design patent for 3}^ years no further charge. 

On issuing a design patent for 7 years 5,00 

On issuing a design patent for 14 years 20.00 

Caveats. — A caveat is a confidential communication filed in the 
Patent Office, and it consists of a specification, drawings, oath and 
])etition. The specification must contain a clear description of the 
intended invention. 

How a Copyripfht is Secured. — The method by which a 

copyright is obtained under the revised acts of Congress is as simple 
and inexpensive as can be reasonably asked. All unnecessary red- 
tape is dispensed with, and the cost to the author who is seeking thus 
to protect himself in the enjoyment of the profits of his work, is so 
small as to be scarcely appreciable. This is an example of choa])ness 
and directness towards which all branches of public administration 
should tend, if a government is to fulfill its proper mission of serving 
the people without needlessly taxing them. Directions have lately 
been issued for the guidance of persons wishing to obtain cop3Tights; 
and as many of our readers may not be conversant with the subject, 
we give a brief abstract of the process. 

IS NOT ALWAYS THE STRONGEST. 



36 THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 

The first thing necessary is to send a printed copy of the title of the 
Avork, plainly directed to " Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C." 
The copyright law applies not only to books, pamphlets and news- 
papers, but also to maps, charts, photographs, paintings, drawings, 
music, statuary, etc. If there is a title page, send that; if not, a title 
must be j)rinted expressly for the purpose, and in both cases the 
name of the author or claimant of copyright must accompany the 
title. Use no smaller paper than commercial note. 

A remittance of one dollar must be made along with the application. 
This is the whole charge — half of it being for the entry on the record, 
and the other half for your certificate, which the Librarian will send 
YOU promptly by mail. You will of course prepay your postage. 

Within ten days after your book, or other article, is published, you 
are required to send two complete copies of the best edition to the 
Librarian, addressed as before, prepaying the jjostage; or the Librar- 
ian will furnish "penalty labels," under which they can be sent free 
of postage. If this deposit of copies is neglected, the copyright is 
void, and you are liable to a fine of $25. 

The law requires that on the title page of a copyrighted work, or 
some part of the drawing, painting, statue, or whatever it may be, 
there shall be printed these words: "Entered according to act of 

Congress, in the year , by , in the office of the Librarian of 

Congress, at Washington; " or, if preferred, this briefer form may be 

used: "Copyright, 18 — , by ." To this may be added, " Right of 

translation reserved," or "All rights reserved;" but in that case the 
Librarian must have been duly notified, so that he may include it in 
the record. 

Any person who prints the copyright notice on his work without 
having obtained a copyright, is liable to a penalty of $roo. The 
original term of a copyright runs for twenty-eight years, and it may 
then be renewed for a further term of fourteen years, either by the 
author or by his widow or children, apy^lication being made not less 
than six months before the expiration of the right. Trade marks and 
labels can not be copyrighted under this law, but are i)rovided for by 
a separate act, relating to matters of detail, which can not here be 
recited, but in regard to which, the Librarian at Washington will give 
the needed information whenever required. 

Trade Marks, Labels, Priiils, etc. — Copyrights cannot 

])e granted upon trade marks, nor upon mere names of companies or 
articles, nor upon prints or labels intended to be used with any article 
of manufacture. If protection for such names or labels is desired, 
application must be made to the Patent Office, where they are regis- 
tered at a fee of $6 for labels, and $25 for trade marks. 

By the word "label" is meant a slip of paper, or other material, to 
be attached to manufactured articles, or to jjackages containing them, 
and bearing the name of the manufacturer, directions for use, etc. 

By the word "print," is meant any device, word, or figures (not a 
trade mark) impressed directly upon the article, to denote the name 
of the manufacturer, etc. 

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CURIOUS INVENTIONS. 



il 



Indestructible Lamp Wicks. — Steep common wicks in a 
concentrated aqueous solutit)n of tungstate of soda, and then dry 
thorough]y in an oven. 

A Gold Plate for Small Articles, Avithoiit a Bat- 
tery. — Digest a small fragment of gold with about ten times its 
weight of mercury until it is dissolved, shake the amalgam together in 
a bottle, and after cleansing the articles, coat them uniformly with the 
amalgam. Then expose them on an iron tray heated to low redness 
for a few minutes. The mercury volatilizes, leaving the gold attached 
as a thin coating to the article. I'he heating should be done in a 
Ntove, so that the poisonous mercurial fumes may pass up the chim- 
ney. 

A Gelatine Moiild for Casting Plaster Ornaments. 

.Allow 12 ozs. of gelatine to soak for a few hours in water, until it 
has absorbed as much as it can, then a])ply heat, by which it will 
liquefy. If the mould is required to be elastic, add 3 ozs. of treacle, 
and mix well with the gelatine. If a little chrome alum (precise pro- 
i>ortions are immaterial) be added to the gelatine, it causes it to lose 
its property of being again dissolved in water. A saturated solution 
of bichromate of potash brushed over the surface of the mould, 
allowed to become dry and afterwards exposed to sunlight for a few 
minutes, renders the surface so hard as to be unaffected by moisture. 

To make Artificial Marl)le for Papta* Weights or 
other Fancy Articles. — .Soak plaster of Paris in a solution of 
alum, bake it in an oven, and then grind it to a powder. In using, mix 
it with water, and to produce the clouds and veins, stir in any drv 
color you wish ; this will become very hard, and is susceptible of a 
very high polish. 

Unshrinkable Patterns. — The best mixture for small pat- 
terns, that does not shrink in casting, is, 69 parts lead, 153^ parts anti- 
mony, 15^^ parts of bismuth, by weight. A cheap kind for finished 
jjatterns can be made of 10 parts zinc, i part antimony, i part tin. 

Imitation of Ground Glass. — The following is from an Ant- 
werp scientific journal : Paint the glass with the following varnish : 
.Sandarac 18 drachms, mastic 4 drachms,, ether 24 ozs., benzine 6 to 
18 ozs. The more benzine the coarser the grain of imitation glass 
will be. 

Moulds of Glue an<l Molasses, Such as Kodgers 
Uses for Making his Statuettes. — The flexible moulds 
referred to are ])repared as follows: Glue 8 lbs., molasses (New 
Orleans) 7 lbs. Soak the glue over night in a small cjuantity of cold 
water, then mel{ it by heat over a salt water bath, stir until froth 
begins to rise, then add and stir in briskly the molasses previously 
heated. Continue to heat and stir the mixture for about half an hour: 
then pour. 

ALWAYS DEPEND UPON ITS SIZE. 



38 THE SILKXr ASSISTANT. 

To Clarify Liquids. — The following comiJosition is said to 
bleach all coloied liquids, and to render bone-l)lack perfectly unneces- 
sary: Albumen 300, neutral tartrate of potash 2, alum 5, sal ammo- 
niac 700 ]5arts. The albumen must, of course, not be coagulated. 
The ingredients are first dissolved in a little water and then added to 
the liquid to be clarified. 

To Prevent Store Windows from Steaming.— J. F. 

writes: I am about to have the front show windows of my store 
inclosed with inside windows. Can you tell any way to prevent the 
outside windows frosting in cold weather.'' A. Clean the glass occa- 
sionally with a cloth moistened with jiure glycerine, wij^ing it so as to 
leave only a trace of the glycerine adhering to the surface — this on 
the inside. 

Artificial India Rubber. — A cheaj) and useful substitute 
for India rubber is [prepared by mixing a thick solution of glue with 
tungstate of soda and hydrochloric acid. A compound of tunstic 
acid and glue is precipitated, which at a temjjerature of S6 deg. to 
104 deg. F. is sufficiently elastic to admit of being drawn out into 
very thin sheets. On cooling, this mass becomes solid and Ijrittle, 
but on being heated is again soft and plastic. This new compound 
can be used for many of the purposes to which rubber is adapted. 

Rubber Stamps for Photographs. — Many photographers 

employ a rubber stamp for imprinting the backs of mounts, and in 
these circumstances a good ink is very essential. Here is the recipe 
for making one quoted from the Engineer, and said to yield an excel- 
lent ink which, while not drying on the pad, will yet not readily 
smear when impressed upon paper: Aniline red (violet) 180 grain.->, 
distilled water 2 ozs., glycerine i teaspoonful, treacle }i teaspoonfui. 
The crystals of aniline are powdered and dissolved in the boiling 
distilled water, and the other ingredients then added. 



BUSINESS LAW. 

Ignorance of the law excuses no one. 
An agreement without a consideration is void. 
Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law. 
A receipt for money paid is not legally conclusive. 
The acts of one partner bind all the others. 
Contracts made on Sundav cannot be enforced. 
A contract made with a minor or a lunatic is void. 
Principals are responsible for the acts of their agents. 
Agents are responsible to their principals for errors. 
Each individual in a partnership is responsible for the whole 
amount of the debt of the firm. 
A note given by a minor is void. 
Notes bear interest only when so stated. 

It is not legallv necessary to say on a note " for value received." 
A note drawn on Sunday is void. 

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39 



A note obtained by fraud, oi from a jjcrson in a state of intoxica- 
tion cannot be collected. 

If a note be lost or stolen it does not release the maker; he must 
pay it. 

An endorser of a note is exempt from liability if not served with 
notice of its dishonor within twenty-four hours of its non-])ayment. 

It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. 

The law compels no one to do impossibilities. 

A personal right of action dies with the person. 

An oral agreement must be proved by evidence. A written agree- 
ment proves itself. 'Ihe law prefers written to oral evidence, because 
of its precision. 

You do not require a license in any State to sell goods of your own 
manufacture, or which are manufactured for you. 

Taking' Leaf Photographs.— A very pretty amusement, 
especially for those who have just completed the study of botany, is 
the taking of leaf photographs. One very simple process is this: 
At any druggist's get an ounce of bichromate of potassium. Put this 
into a pint bottle of water. When the solution becomes saturated, — 
tliat is, the water has dissolved as much as it will, — pour off some of 
the clear liquid into a shallow dish; on this float a piece of ordinary 
writing paper till it is thoroughly moistened ; let it dry in the dark. 
It should be of a bright yellow. On this put the leaf, under it a piece 
of black soft cloth and several sheets of newspaper. Put these 
between two pieces of glass (all the pieces should be of the same 
size), and with spring clothespins fasten them together, ii.xpose to a 
bright sun, placing the leaf so that the rays will fall upon it as nearly 
perpendicular as possible. In a few moments it will begin to turn 
ijrown; but it requires from half an hour to several hours to produce 
a perfect print. When it has become dark enough, take it from the 
frame, and put it into clear water, which must be changed every few 
minutes until the yellow part becomes white. Sometimes the leaf 
veinings will be quite distinct. By following these directions, it is 
scarcely possible to fail, and a little practice will make perfect. 



DAILY SAVINGS AT COMPOUND INTEREST, 

Cents per Day Per Y^ar In Ten Wars P'flv Years 

2% ^'O $130 52,900 

5 "J 20 260 5,800 

II 40 520 11,600 

27^ 100 1.3°° 2g,ooo 

55 200 2,600 58,000 

1. 10 400 5.200 1 16,000 

1 .37 500 6, 500 1 45,000 

HIRE AGENTS TO WORK FOR YOU. 



40 THK SILENT ASSISTANT. 



MARRIAGE. 

Marriage is consideied'by the law as an agreement between a niati 
and woman to fulfil the duties of husband and wife toward each 
other. The duties of the man are to be chaste and faithful ; to live 
with his wife so long as she lives up to her part of the contract ; to 
provide suitable support, if he is able so to do, for her and his chil- 
dren so long as she performs her duties; to refrain from cruelty and 
habitual drunkenness. He has a right under the agreement to 
decide where his home shall be. 

The duties of the wife under the marriage contract are to be chaste, 
temperate, and faithful, and to live with her husband so long as he 
performs his duties as above described. The husband usually claims 
the right to direct the actions of his wife, the company she shall fre- 
quent, and how she shall conduct his household; but tfie law of cus- 
tom and circumstance are all that give him these rights. 

The husband can choose any trade or occupation which he inclines 
to; he can choose to live wherever fancy inclines; he can furnish his 
house or leave it unfurnished as he chooses; he can abandon his 
house and family for weeks and months together to loneliness; he 
can become a gambler or a highwayman without breaking his mar- 
riage obligations according to law. Then again the law of custom 
comes in with its beneficent rule. Marriage may be contracted by 
minors above the age of discretion, being almost the only contract 
minors can be bound by, but not by insane persons or by near rela- 
tions. 

A marriage made by fraud or imposition upon either or both of the 
parties or by force or fear is not binding. On the other hand it is 
provided by law that no defect in ceremony or lack of authority in the 
person pretending to marry the parties shall nullify the marriage when 
either of the parties supposed he or she was being really married. 

A promise to marry, though not binding upon a minor, is binding 
upon adults, and if such promise is broken suit can be brought by the 
injured party for damages to her affections and fortunes, and large 
verdicts are frequently given for this cause. 

Divorce. — According to the laws a breach of the marriage contract 
gives the injured party a right to apply to the court assigned to that par- 
ticular branch of business for a divorce which frees him or her from the 
marriage bond, and gives the ]jrivilege of remarriage. Divorces are 
usually granted for one of the following causes : i, Adultery ; 2, Deser- 
tion for several years; 3, Cruel and abusive treatment; 4, Wilful and 
cruel neglect to provide support on the part of the husband ;5, Habitual 
drunkenness. The proof of adultery is usually to the effect that the 
accused j^erson showed a disposition to err, and that he or she was 
afterwards placed under circumstances which gave suspicious oppor- 
tunity for the commission of the crime. Undue familiarity or inter- 
cepted correspondence are often sufficient to prove the evil dis- 
position. 

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THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 41 



DIVORCE. — Continued. 



Desertion sufficient to entitle the injured party to a divorce must be 
wilful and continued for the prescribed length of time without a 
break. Desertion is proved by the evidence of the deserted wife or 
husband to the circumstances, supported by the evidence of neigh- 
bors who are knowing to the facts, or, better yet, by some admission 
of the guilty party to some third party of his or her intention to desert. 

Cruel and abusive treatment entitles a wife to divorce where blows 
have been struck or where the husband wilfully causes the wife great 
suffering and pain. 

Wilful refusal or neglect to provide support is one of the most diffi- 
cult of all accusations to prove so as to obtain divorce. The wife 
who applies for divorce upon this ground must show the following 
facts to the Court before she can obtain the desired decree : — 

1st. That her husband is able to support better, and that he wil- 
fully refused so to do. 

2d. That she was unable to support herself. 

3d. That she has positively suffered the pains of privation or has 
been forced to resort to charity. 

Habitual drunkenness is sufficient cause for divorce where gross 
and confirmed habits of intoxication are proved. .Sentence of some 
criminal court punishing the husband or wife as a common drunkard 
is usually sufficient evidence. 

If after a husband or wife has committed some of the just- 
described offences which would entitle the injured party to a divorce, 
the injured partv knowing the offense forgives it, this act of for- 
giveness cuts off the right to obtain a divorce. In order to obtain a 
divorce against the parly once forgiven, evidence must be produced 
of some new error or crime committed since the act of forgiveness. 



PARTNERSHIP. 

When two or more persons associate themselves together in busi- 
ness they do not require written papers in order to make themselves 
subject to the rules of law governing partnership, although such 
papers are useful as regards each other in deciding what the duties 
and profits of each member shall be. It is enough to constitute a 
partnership that two or more men share in the profits or agree to share 
in the profits in a certain line of business. Partners are all responsible 
for the debts contracted for the business, no matter if by private 
agreement one or more of them is not to be holden for debts or 
losses. Each partner can make bargains or contract debts in the 
general course of the business which shall bind them all. The strict- 
ness of the law has many times held men and partners liable in their 
private property for debts contracted by a person with whom they 
had, as they supposed, only an agreement which should give them a 
part of the profits of a busmess and no responsibility for its losses. 
Under the laws, however, there is a provision by which one man can 
l^ublish a notice to the effect that he is to be liable only to a certain 

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42 THE SILENT ASSISTANT. 

PARTNERSHIP.— Continued, 

amount in a certain firm, and thus relieve himself of further indi- 
vidual liability. A partnership is dissolved by the retiring or death 
of either or any partner, or by the selling out of the interest of either 
partner. When a partner leaves his firm it becomes important for 
him, and for the remaining members of the firm, to give notice to the 
world that the partnership heretofore existing between thtm is dis- 
solved. Unless a general notice to this effect is given, the retiring 
or remaining members might continue to bind the other, by orders or 
purchases, or by collecting and receipting accounts with parties who 
had had previous dealings with them as partners. 

Fay's Compound Bar Soap. — Recipe for making 15 
lbs. Take 7 lbs. of any kind of bar soaj), the tougher it is the 
better; cut it into thin slices and put it into some suitable dish; 
then take 2 lbs. of sal soda, i lb. unslacked lime, and put into 
another dish, and pour over it 2 gallons of 'boiling water (rain or soft 
water is preferable). Stir this well and let it settle, then pour off 
the clear water or solution into the dish containing the soap; put it 
on the fire and let it remain there until the soap is all dissolved. 
Dissolve I oz. of alum and 2 ozs. of bora.x. Stir the soap and put in 
the alum and borax, just as the soap is taken from the fire. ],et the 
soap cool a little, and then put in i oz. of benzine, and stir well. 
When it gets perfectly cold the soap is hard, and can be cut in any 
size bars. It should stand a few days after being made, in order 
that it may become well hardened. Also the same ingredients in the 
same proportion, and made in the same way, with the exception of 
substituting common home-made soap for common bar soap, will 
make the best soft soap in the world for all washing purposes. 

Directions for using. — Put on your water and let it warm ; then 
put in I lb. of the soap to every 7 gallons of water. Put in 
your white clothes and let them boil briskly from ten to twenty 
minutes, according to the degree of dirtiness; rinse in two waters, 
blue, and hang out. Put vour colored clothes in the same suds, and 
let tiiem boil slowly eight or ten minutes, rinse thoroughly and hang 
out. Then put in your woolens, not allowing them to boil, but keeji- 
ing them in the hot suds eight or ten minutes. Then take the suds 
and mop the floor. .Soak your white clothes over night, or soak in 
warm suds an hour before boiling. Do not crowd your boiler too 
full, or put in clothes twisted hard. For house cleaning, use in the 
same ]iroportion as above stated. For crockery and glassware, use 
as other soap. 

Note. — You will receive a circular from us in a few weeks offering 
you the agency of a new discovery called Fay's Wonder Soap" which 
is entirely different and far superior to " Fay's Compound Par Soap." 

St. tTame.s's Liniment.— One of the very best ever made for 
man or beast. Magical in effects when used for bruises, sprains, 
neuralgia, rheumatism, etc. Take equal parts of laudanum, alcohol, 
and oil of wormwood; mix well by shaking thoroughly; apply 
externally. 



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43 



COIN VALUE LIST. 

Latest edition, containing a complete list of all United States coins 
worth more than their face value, with prices paid by leading coin 
dealers. Read this carefully. This little list is intended for the use of 
all persons who handle money, and there are thousands of coins now 
in circulation that the possessors might sell at good prices to coin 
dealers who in turn sell them for collections. Below are given the 
dates of all United States coins worth more than theirface value, with 
bri.ef description and estimate of value. The estimates are based upon 
the average prices paid by Boston, New York, and Philadelphia 
dealers. All letters of inquiry regarding these coins must contain 
stamp for reply. Otherwise we positively decline to answer them. 





U. S. Silver Dollars. 


U. 


S. Silver Half Dollars. 


•794- 


Plowing Hair. . . 


^25.00 


1794. 


Flowing Hair . . 


$ 4.00 


1796. 


Fillet Head . . 


1.50 


1795- 


" " . . 


.60 


1797- 


(( 


1.50 


1796. 


" " . . 


15.00 


.798. 


Small Eagle . . 


2.00 


1797- 


" " . . 


10.00 


1798. 


Large Lagle . . 


r.io 


1801. 


" " . . 


2.00 


1799. 


" " . . 


I. ID 


1802. 


" " . . 


2.00 


1800. 


11 « 


I. ID 


1815. 


" " . . 


2.50 


1801. 


" " . . 


1.30 


1836. 


Edge like our Half- 




1802. 


" " . . 


1.30 




Dollars .... 


2.00 


1803. 


" " . . 


I. ID 


1S38. 


Liberty Cap hav- 




1804. 


" " . . 


500.00 




ing C) marked un- 




1S36. 


Liberty Seated Fly- 






der head. . . . 


5.00 




ing Eagle . .' 


5.00 


1S52. 


Liberty Seated . . 


2.00 


1838. 


Liberty Seated Fly- 












ing Eagle . . 


16.00 




Quarters. 




1839. 


Liberty Seated Fly- 
ing Eagle . . 










16.00 


1796. 


Fillet head . . . 


1.50 


1851. 


Liberty Seated Fly- 
ing Eagle . . ' 


2.00 


1804. 
1823. 


Head to Left . . 


1. 00 

25.00 


1852. 


Liberty Seated Fly- 
ing Eagle . . 
Liberty Seated Fly- 


16.00 


1827. 
1853- 


No Arrows Side of 


20.00 


1854. 






Date 


3.00 




ing Eagle . . 


3.00 


Some not mentioned here are 


1855- 


Liberty Seated Fly- 




worth 


a small premium. 




1856. 


ing Eagle . . 
Liberty Seated Fly- 


2.50 




Twenty Cents. 






ing Eagle . . 


1.50 




(Proofs only.) 




1857- 


Liberty Seated Fly- 










1858. 


ing Eagle . . 
Liberty Seated Fly- 
ing Eagle . . ' 


2.00 
15.00 


1877. 
1S78. 




1.50 
1.50 



UNLESS THEY CONTAIN STAMP FOR REPLY. 



44 



'I'HE SILENT ASSISTANT. 



COIN VALUE LIST (Continued) 







Dimes. 








Copper Cents. 




1796 


Fillet Head . . 


$ 


1.50 


'793- 


I'"lo\ving Hair 


$ :3.50 


1797 


" 






2.00 


1793- 


Liberty Cap . . 


3.00 


1798 


" 






2.00 


1794. 


" ' " . . 


■35 


1800 


" 






2.0c 


1795- 


" " . . 


.50 


I80I 


" 






2.50 


1799. 


" " . . 


10.00 


1802 


" 






3.00 


1804. 


" " . . 


5.00 


1804 


" 






5.00 


1809. 


Head to Left . . 


1. 00 


1822 


Head 


to Left . . 




2.00 


181 1. 

1 8 56. 


Fagle Nickel .' ." 


1. 00 

I.£0 




Half Dimes. 
























Half Cents. 




1794 


Flovviwi^ Hair . . 




2.50 








1796 


Fillet 


Head . . 




1.50 


1793- 


Lil)erty Cap . . 


1.00 


1797 


" 


" 




1.25 


1794. 


** " , . 


.20 


i8or 


" 


" 




1-35 


1795- 


" " . . 


•30 


1802 


" 


" . . 




25.00 


1796. 


(1 (1 


10.00 


1803 


" 


" . . 




1.25 


1802. 


Fillet Head '. '. 


1. 00 


1805 


" 


" . . 




1.50 


1831. 


Head to Left . . 


• 3-00 


1846 


Liber 


ty Seated 




1. 00 


1852. 


" " . . 


• 3-50 


Al 


1 Half C 


ents (Head 


to 


Left) 


from 


836 to 1S49 inclusive, 


$4.00. 


D( 


jubie Ea 


gle (Twenty 


D 


ollars 


gold 


coin of 184S is worth j 


p5,ooo. 



GRAINS OF GOLD. 

Few things are impracticable in themselves, and it is for want of 
application rather than of means that men fail of success. 

The use we make of our fortune determines its sufficiency. A 
little is enough if used wisely — too much if used foolishly. 

There is nothing nobler in man than courage ; and the only way to 
be courageous is to be clean-handed and clean-hearted, to be able to 
respect ourselves and face our record. 

The coldest-mannered people are frequently those who look for 
most warmth from others; and, when their expectations are not grati- 
fied, they forget that the coolness they meet with is but a dim reflec- 
tion of their own. 

Bravery is a cheap and vulgar quality, of which the highest in- 
stances are frequently found in the lowest savages, and which is often 
more conspicuous in the brute creation than in the most intrepid of 
the human race. 

Note. — The author has endeavored to give such recipes only as 
are worthy of every confidence on the ground of being perfectly free 
from all injurious or deleterious ingredients. He has ]mid dearly for 
recipes which are of an entirely opposite quality, and which no con- 
sideration whatever, either of money or to satisfy curiosity, could in- 
duce him to give to the public. 

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